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Kids Health: My Body
For elementary school children, this page presents information about lungs, muscles, digestive system, teeth, skin, tongue, hair, heart, and more.
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Kids Health: How the Body Works Movies and Activities
Short, colorful movies explain each of the body's systems: skeletal, cardiovascular, digestive, urinary, respiratory, endocrine, skin, immune, muscular, and nervous. Once you've seen the movie, click on the Activity Page link for...
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Kids Health: Going to a Speech Therapist
In this article, Kids Health provides information on why you might need to see a Speech Therapist and how they can help you. Descriptions of the many different speech and language disorders are given.
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Kids Health: Going to a Speech Therapist
This article provides information on why you might need to see a Speech Therapist and how they can help you. Descriptions of the many different speech and language disorders are given.
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Kids Health: Taking a Good Look at Glasses
This site from Kids Health provides comprehensive information on how corrective lenses help.
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Kids Health: Glasses and Contact Lenses
KidsHealth tells you how eyes work and how they can be corrected if you are having trouble.
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Kids Health: How Cliques Make Kids Feel Left Out
What is a clique? How can they make you feel? In this article, kids can find some tips on how to handle them.
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Kids Health: Acne
Does chocolate cause acne? Will washing your face more prevent acne? Find out what a physician has to say about the myths and realities of acne. Learn how to prevent and treat acne. This site also features an acne quiz and a link to...
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Kids Health: I'm Growing Up but Am I Normal?
Witnessing changes that take place on your body can sometimes be a confusing experience. Are the changes normal? Are you changing in ways unlike anyone else? This site may help to relieve some worries that an adolescent may be pondering....
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Kids Health: What You Need to Know About Drugs
Students are curious about drugs and this is a simple site that delves into what they need to know: what drugs are good and what drugs are harmful, what are illegal drugs, like heroin and marijuana, and why are they illegal. The authors...
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Kids Health: Alzheimer's Disease
What's the difference between normal forgetting and Alzheimer Disease which affects some older people? Find out what happens in the brain when you have this disease and how the doctor will treat it.
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Kids Health: Stroke
In this article from Kids Health, learn what happens during a stroke, how strokes are treated, and how you can prevent them. Strokes happen mostly to older people, so find out how you can help a loved one such as a grandparent if it...
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Kids Health: Celiac Disease
Do you know what gluten is? People with celiac disease can't eat this protein, which is found in many everyday foods, such as bread. Discover the signs and symptoms, treatment, some gluten-free foods, and how you get it.
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Kids Health: Lactose Intolerance
Have you ever eaten ice cream then started feeling really yucky? Kids with lactose intolerance have trouble digesting a type of sugar found in milk and other dairy foods. Learn what this condition is and how you can learn to live with it.
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Kids Health: Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
Cleft lip and cleft palate are birth defects. Find out how you get it, what doctors can do, and how to live with it in this article for kids from Kids Health.
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Kids Health: Intellectual Disability
Informative article for Kids from Kids Health provides facts on intellectual and developmental delays and disabilities. Read about the causes and what its like for kids with special needs.
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Kids Health: Spina Bifida
Presented in question-and-answer format, this is a brief article on what spina bifida is. You'll learn what spina bifida is, what causes this disease, and what doctors can do to help those affected by it.
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Kids Health: Bell's Palsy
Interesting discussion of Bell's Palsy, a condition of the nervous system that affects the face. Topics include what it is, the causes, the symptoms, the treatment, and how to live with it.
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Kids Health: Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis affects the lungs and makes it difficult to breathe. In this article geared toward kids, learn what it is, the causes, how it is diagnosed and treated, and how to live with it.
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Kids Health: Athlete's Foot
Comprehensive information on the skin infection athlete's foot, or tinea pedis, which is caused by a fungus. Easy to understand article that tells what symptoms to look for and how to prevent it.
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Kids Health: Body Basics: Digestive System: Diagram
Roll-over labeled diagram highlights the function of each component in the digestive system: mouth, pharynx, epiglottis, esophagus, liver, gallbladder, stomach, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, appendix, and anus.
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Kids Health: What Kids Need to Know About Kidneys
This is a kid friendly look at what the kidneys look like, where they are, and what they do. Shockwave is needed for viewing.
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Kids Health: How the Body Works: Your Nose
Learn about the nose and its function in the olfactory system of the human body. For auditory learners, a read-aloud feature is also available.
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Kids Health: The Whole Story on Skin
This website offers a simple, yet detailed explanation on the structure and function of skin.