Health

What does the wired student need to know about health and nutrition? Here are websites that answer all those frequently asked questions with accurate, age appropriate information.

A Different Way to Heal?

A PBS special looks at different forms of alternative medicine.

created: 11 Aug 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 11 Aug 2003

AboutHealth: Real Kids, Smart Choices, Growing Up

Exciting as it is to grow up, sometimes it's overwhelming. At Abouthealth, kids talk to kids. They tell how they've handled things like underage drinking, bullying, body image, and sexual health.

created: 02 Oct 2006 by shagge ::: updated: 02 Oct 2006

Advocate Health Care: Children's Reference Library

Advocate Health Care Children's Reference Library

created: 15 Sep 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 15 Sep 2003

BAM!

Got a question about Fitness? Disease? Peer Pressure? You've come to the right place! BAM! Body and Mind will tell you all you need to know about all the stuff that matters.

created: 02 Oct 2006 by shagge ::: updated: 02 Oct 2006

Brain Explorer

A website for children focusing on the study of the brain.

created: 15 Sep 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 15 Sep 2003

Can We Talk?

Can We Talk? Resources for Young People from the National Education Association Health Information Network

created: 02 Oct 2006 by shagge ::: updated: 02 Oct 2006

Cockeyed Science: Tatoo Removal

The Cockeyed Science Club shares the procedure necessary to remove a tatoo.

created: 02 Oct 2006 by shagge ::: updated: 02 Oct 2006

College Drinking Prevention

Help for college drinkers from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

created: 02 Oct 2006 by shagge ::: updated: 02 Oct 2006

Cool Science for Curious Kids

Fun and interactive site to help kids appreciate science. Five activities adapted from science and children's museums. From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

created: 15 Sep 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 15 Sep 2003

Doctor Over Time

Animated scenarios allow "patients" to get medical treatment from doctors in 1900, 1950, and 1998 illustrating the advances in modern medicine

created: 11 Aug 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 11 Aug 2003

Dog Safety

Guidelines for staying safe around strange dogs.

created: 02 Oct 2006 by shagge ::: updated: 09 Feb 2007

DrGreene.com

Alan Greene, M.D., provides thorough answers to pediatric questions. Topics include bed-wetting, ear infections, eating/nutrition, potty training, and sleeping.

created: 15 Sep 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 09 Feb 2007

FDA Kids Home Page

Check it out! Games, puzzles, and quizzes that will teach you about food safety, drugs, cosmetics, animals, and Yorick. Who is Yorick? The FDA's favorite skeleton will show you the many medical devices that the FDA approves to keep you healthy.

created: 12 Aug 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 12 Aug 2003

Girls, Inc.

Girls central—Inspiring all girls to be strong, smart and bold

created: 02 Oct 2006 by shagge ::: updated: 02 Oct 2006

Girlshealth.gov

Health, fitness and wellness information for girls, sponsored by the National Women's Health Information Center.

created: 02 Oct 2006 by shagge ::: updated: 02 Oct 2006

iwannaknow.org

Answers to your questions about teen sexual health and sexually transmitted disease prevention

created: 11 Aug 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 11 Aug 2003

Kidnetic

Healthy eating and active lifestyle information for 9-12 year olds. Includes recipes for "gross out delights."

created: 11 Aug 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 11 Aug 2003

Kidnetic

Move, Eat, Talk and Learn with Kidnetic

created: 02 Oct 2006 by shagge ::: updated: 02 Oct 2006

KidsHealth - Kids

Health-related articles, features and interactives activities for children.

created: 15 Sep 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 15 Sep 2003

LifeBytes

LifeBytes won't tell you what to do but will give you the information to help you make your own choices about health

created: 11 Aug 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 11 Aug 2003

MEDLINEplus: Teen Health

Teen Health

created: 15 Sep 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 15 Sep 2003

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health Home Page

NOAH provides access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased

created: 15 Sep 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 15 Sep 2003

Smart Body

Ideas for fitness and health programs in schools from The National Education Association's Fitness information Center

created: 02 Oct 2006 by shagge ::: updated: 02 Oct 2006

Teen Health

A comprehensive index of teen health and medical issues includes a dictionary, encyclopedia and links to health-related news articles

created: 11 Aug 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 11 Aug 2003

United States Department of Health & Human Services: for Kids

The U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services provides a wide variety of resources and information about health, nutrition, and safety for students of all ages.

created: 12 Aug 2003 by jmoskal ::: updated: 01 Oct 2006

VERB

Sports and health from the CDC

created: 02 Oct 2006 by shagge ::: updated: 02 Oct 2006

Yahooligans Diseases and Conditions

A Yahoo directory of children's websites on diseases and conditions

created: 15 Sep 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 15 Sep 2003

Yahooligans Health and Safety

A Yahoo directory of websites for children on science and nature, health and safety and nutrition

created: 15 Sep 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 15 Sep 2003

You Can Quit Smoking Now!

Smokefree.gov is intended to help you or someone you care about quit smoking

created: 11 Aug 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 11 Aug 2003

Your Genes, Your Health, DNA Learning Center's multimedia guide to genetic, inherited disorders

A multimedia guide to genetic disorders

created: 11 Aug 2003 by erosenberg ::: updated: 11 Aug 2003