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Kids Health: Hearing Impairment Information
A very extensive site providing details on hearing and hearing impairment. Includes a diagram of the ear with details on how the ear works, as well as a definition, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of hearing impairment.
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Kids Health: Lyme Disease
This article discusses the causes, symptoms, preventions, and treatments for Lyme disease. It includes brief write-ups containing tips for teenagers and children who are concerned about their own health and risks for Lyme disease.
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Kids Health: Strep Throat
Geared towards teens, this article describes the symptoms of step throat and its treatment. Includes several examples and responses to questions.
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Kids Health: Taking Care of Your Vision
Vision is something that can sometimes be taken for granted until a problem arises. Find out why taking care of your eyes is so important as well as procedure that insure proper eyesight.
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Kids Health: Figuring Out Fat and Calories
Most people know that fats and calories are connected to our weight, but what is their correlation? This article analyzes their relationship and how an understanding of these items can benefit your body. Links to related articles are...
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Kids Health: Asthma
This site gives an in-depth description of asthma: diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment. Also includes animations of what happens during an asthma flare-up and how to use a peak flow meter.
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Kids Health: How Stitches Help Kids Heal
If you need to get stitches, this article will explain the procedure and how you should take care of your wound. From KidsHealth.
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Kids Health: What to Do When You Don't Like School
Not everyone enjoys going to school, but we all have to go. If you or a friend are having a hard time at school, these tips and explanations may be just the thing to turn school into something you enjoy. You have to be there, you may as...
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Kids Health: Acne
The bane of a teenager's existence--acne--is the topic of this informative article. You'll probably learn more than you really wanted to know about it, but the facts are presented in an interesting way. There's even a video to watch.
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Kids Health: What's Visual Impairment
What's it like for people who are visually impaired? How does it happen and what can be done? Be sure to read the whole article and click on the tabs to the right for more information.
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Kids Health: The Big Story on Bones
This detailed article on bones provides a diagram of the skeletal system, advice to keep bones healthy, and links to further related information. User has option to view Shockwave or non-Shockwave version of this website.
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Kids Health: The Brain Is the Boss
What weighs 3 pounds at maturity and is faster than any computer? If you don't know then use this site about the brain. Get great information and diagrams about the brain. Available in Spanish.
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Kids Health: Your Digestive System
Use this site to learn about the amazing process of digestion through the digestive system. View great drawings about other parts of the body that aid in this process. Available in Spanish.
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Kids Health: Let's Hear It for the Ear!
Use this site to learn about the body part that is responsible for collecting sounds, processing them and sending them to your brain. See all the inner workings of the ear through great diagrams. Available in Spanish.
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Kids Health: A Big Look at the Eye
Younger students learn much about the human eye in this article, which is illustrated with a cross-sectional diagram.
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Kids Health: Say Hello to Hair
There aren't many kids' sites like this one! Have fun and learn at the same time about the fuzzy, curly or straight stuff on the top of your head. Available in Spanish. Site by KidsHealth.org.
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Kids Health: All About the Heart
Kids Health features this diagrammatically color-illustrated article about the human heart.
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Kids Health: Looking at Your Lungs
At this very creative site students will love learning about the function of their lungs. Fully illustrated with diagrams and new vocabulary words. Available in Spanish.
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Kids Health: Your Multi Talented Muscles
At this site you will learn what muscles are made up of and find out about the different types of muscles in the body. A great illustration of a skeletal muscle is also provided. Available in Spanish.
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Kids Health: Stick Out Your Tongue and Say Aah!
This illustrated tongue tutorial shows that this organ is used for more than just talking (and tongue twisters). Features include Spanish version and links to related human body topics.
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Kids Health: What's Up With Warts
A detailed article about warts in question-and-answer format. Learn why you get them and how you get rid of them.
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Kids Health: Are Your Bowels Moving?
A detailed, kid-friendly explanation of what happens when you move your bowels.
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Kids Health: What Sleep Is and Why All Kids Need It
This comprehensive site defines sleep, its stages, and it importance. It also gives tips on how to get all the sleep you need. It also includes a game comparing the average amount of sleep that kids, adults, and different animals get...
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Kids Health: What's the Big Sweat About Dehydration
KidsHealth offers an article on dehydration and the problems it can cause.