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National Multiple Sclerosis Society: Living With Ms

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the careful diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, treatments of the disease, and healthy living strategies with MS.
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Video: How Diabetes Affects Your Blood Sugar

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the disease diabetes and how it affects blood sugar in affected people, in this Mayo Clinic animated video. [2:10]
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Health Talk Online: Breast Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
You will find actual interviews with individuals diagnosed with breast cancer in written, audio, and video form. The interviews are divided into three categories; discovery, treatment and living with it. There is a Q&A section that...
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Health Talk Online: Heart Attack

For Students 9th - 10th
Interviews were conducted with a number of people who have experienced a heart attack. These people talk about their heart attack , recovery, treatment, and life after the attack.
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Canadian Sports Massage Therapists Association

For Students 9th - 10th
Homepage of professional sports massage therapists in Canada. Basic information on sports massage therapy benefits, training courses, books, and recent journal articles are all included.
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Health Talk Online: Colorectal Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about, listen to, or view individuals who have experienced bowel cancer discuss how it was discovered, treatments they received, side effects, and recovery.
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Cancer.gov: What You Need to Know About Prostate Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an in-depth review of a variety of topics related to prostate cancer including causes, the stages of the disease, prevention, and treatment. Included is a list of terms and definitions.
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Starlight Children's Foundation: Coping With Chemo

For Students 9th - 10th
Vignettes about the different phases of coping with chemotherapy when you have cancer. Geared toward teens, this site emphasizes teens helping teens along the journey.
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Florence Nightingale

For Students 9th - 10th
Though nursing is what Florence Nightingale is remembered for, this page concentrates on her love of mathematics and the contribution her use of statistics made to her work in improving hospital conditions, first for soldiers in the...
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Video: How Cancer Spreads

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about how cancer cells spread or metastasize throughout the body in this example animation video [1:28] of melanoma spreading.
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WebMD

Web Md: Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMD provides a wonderful resource on lupus. It discusses the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, plus more.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Diabetes Public Health Resource

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview of diabetes from the Center for Disease Control. Content includes a general overview of the disease, as well as the latest news and information, ongoing projects, national statistics, and more.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Skeletal System Support

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive activities, practice problems, and video clips, students complete this learning module on the human skeletal system.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy & Physiology: Digestion Sys Absorption, Elimination

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text with printable notes, interactive assignments, and video clips, students discover the structure and function of the human digestive system.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Toxicology and Human Health

For Students 9th - 10th
Students investigate hazards to human health that are found where we live, work, and play, and begin to understand the risk analysis and system of evaluation that was developed to protect us from potential environmental dangers.
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American Massage Therapy Association Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about massage therapy and how to pursue a career in this field.