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Bio Ethics Education Project (Beep): Human Health
The tutorial explores human health. Topics included are genes, vaccination, health risks, and drugs in sports. The resource consists of articles,additional resources, and activities.
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Kids Health: Dealing With Peer Pressure
Making decisions on your own is hard enough, but when other people get involved and try to pressure you one way or another it can be even harder. When people your own age try to influence how you act, it's called peer pressure. It's...
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Department of Health and Human Services: Straight Talk About Smoking
Girls' Health is a matter of fact resource in teaching girls the dangers and facts of tobacco use and abuse. Take a quiz to see where you stand in your knowledge of tobacco.
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Cbc News in Depth: The Decline of Smoking in Canada
An interesting overview of smoking trends in Canada as compiled by Statistics Canada 2005. (February 15, 2007)
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: How Can Lifestyle, Genes and Environment Affect Health? Oc
This lesson focuses on Cardiovascular disease. The heart requires its own constant blood supply in order to keep beating and this is delivered through the coronary arteries. Genetic and lifestyle factors can lead to the coronary arteries...
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Kids Health: Kids and Smoking
Providing reasons why kids pick up smoking despite what we know about tobacco, this website from Kids Health offers good information about the social pressures that cause kids to start using tobacco.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Kids and Smoking
Gives reasons why kids pick up smoking despite what we know about tobacco. Good information about the social pressures that lead them to begin.
WebMD
Web Md: Health News
WebMD is a very helpful online health resource. Coverage includes the latest health & medical news, with in-depth medical references at your fingertips. Topics that range from diabetes to second hand smoking are discussed by medical...
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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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Aetna: Inteli Health: Emphysema
Thorough overview of emphysema. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and much more.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Esophageal Cancer
Provides information about esophageal cancer. Included are sections on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Stomach Cancer
Thorough overview of stomach cancer. Provides information on symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and much more.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Atherosclerosis
Thorough overview of atherosclerosis. Includes information on symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and much more.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nida: Facts on Drugs: Tobacco, Nicotine, Vaping E Cigarettes
This extensive resource provides facts about tobacco addiction. Covers topics such as nicotine addicion, how and why tobacco is used and the adverse health effects of tobacco use.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Thorough overview of hypertension. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Mc Kinley Health Center: Bronchitis
Here you can find descriptions of both acute and chronic bronchitis, as well as treatments for both.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Coronary Artery Disease
Thorough overview of coronary artery disease. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and much more.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Copd)
Thorough overview of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and much more.
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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.
Read Works
Read Works: Smoking Hurts the Lungs and Heart
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the damage smoking does to the body. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in determining the author's purpose.
PBS
Pbs Kids: It's My Life: Body: Smoking: The Smoking Scene
Get the facts straight about the hazards of smoking. Take interactive quizzes, participate in virtual teen surveys, and read answers to current questions about tobacco use.
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Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Teacher's Corner: Effects of Smoking on the Body [Pdf]
Students study the effects smoking tobacco has on the major organs of the human body. They also develop a presentation to persuade others to not start the smoking habit.
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Cbc News: A Legal History of Smoking in Canada
Follow this almost 20 year timeline of Tobacco Laws introduced and enforced in Canada.
Read Works
Read Works: Smoking Hurts People
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the negative effects of smoking on people and on the environment. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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