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Food Insight: Everything You Need to Know About Caffeine
Here is information on caffeine originally published in pamphlet form. Read interesting information on the history of caffeine use and facts about how caffeine is linked to various health problems and conditions.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Juvenile Arthritis
Thorough overview of juvenile arthritis. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Warts
This page is a thorough overview of warts. Includes information on types, prevention, treatment, and more.
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Salud Y Enfermedad
In this unit on health and disease you will learn what the disease may be due to what causes and what alterations occur in our bodies. It contains 18 interactive activities.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Asthma
Organized into brief sections with general information, causes, and treatments, this article on asthma is a good introduction to the disease.
National Institutes of Health
Niddk: Cirrhosis of the Liver
Detailed information about the liver disease, cirrhosis. This resouce includes causes, symptoms, complications, diagnosis, treatment, and contacts available for more information.
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Story md.com: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is a disease in which plaque builds up inside your arteries. Plaque is a sticky substance made up of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other substances found in the blood. Over time, plaque hardens and narrows your arteries....
WebMD
Web Md: Cold Sores
This site from WebMD Health provides great information on cold sores. It begins with a topic overview that covers subjects such as what are cold sores, what causes cold sores, and how they are spread. Information is also included on...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Cystic Fibrosis
What is Cystic Fibrosis? What Causes it? How is it treated? All of these questions are answered in these articles. This site also provides recipes for kids with C.F. This is a great site if you want to learn more, or if you're just...
National Institutes of Health
Niddk: Statistics Related to Overweight and Obesity
This site, from the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, provides statistics, charts, and links on the health issues related to being overweight. Great for research papers!
EL Education
El Education: Malaria
Students research world health and global diseases and create a comic and activity book to raise awareness of global health issues, malaria in particular. In addition, students started a fund raising campaign to raise money for mosquito...
New York Times
New York Times: Fighting an Old Scourge
This interactive resource discusses malaria in Uganda. It gives pictures, audio, and video to depict the problems that the Ugandan government is having fighting the spread of this illness. It tells how they are beginning to use new...
WebMD
Web Md: Athlete's Foot
This site from WebMD Health provides information on athlete's foot, including symptoms, treatment, and prevention. Throughout the site links are provided for additional information as well. This is a great site to get good information on...
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Guinea Pigs Online: Piggie Health
Get health tips and find links to other sites for your guinea pig.
PBS
Nova Online: Troubled Hearts
This site contains pictures of hearts that have some type of problem such as narrowing of the arteries and muscle damage from a heart attack. There is also a terrific picture of the coronary artery system that supplies the heart.
WebMD
Web Md: Impetigo
This site from WebMD Health provides great information on the bacterial skin infection known as impetigo. It gives a good basic overview and then provides links to information on symptoms as well as treatment.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Stem Cell Therapies Today
Several stem cell therapies are routinely used to treat diseases today. Find out about the different kinds of therapies used and the types of health problems they are useful in treating.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Treatments and Triggers for Drug Dependence
As a psychological disease, drug addiction is a medical problem with psychological and physiological components. Pharmacological treatments and therapy such as AAA are examined.
University of California
University of California: Nasal Dysfunction
The University of California discusses some conditions that affect sinus and nasal dysfunctions.
Other
Imperial College London: Basic Troubleshooting Guide
Check out this extensive, but straightforward troubleshooting guide for computers.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is a Stroke?
This resource from Khan Academy provides information about strokes.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Learn about the two conditions: arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Stanford University
Enterobius Vermicularis
Get the facts on the pinworm parasite. Everything from the history of discovery to public health strategies is available. A life cycle diagram provides a good overview of the problem of disease transmission.
National Institutes of Health
Niddk: Prostatitis: Inflammation of the Prostate
This resource explains what prostatitis is, its cause, who's at risk, how common it is, symptoms, complications, diagnosis, and treatment.