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Kids Health: Eating Well While Eating Out

For Students 9th - 10th
The older you become the more choices you will have to make about what types of food will make up your diet. This article relates the importance of a well rounded diet. Find out more about how good food has everything to do with how you...
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Kids Health: Endometriosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Menstruating monthly usually accompanies cramps. For some people these cramps can be excessively painful. If you are experiencing such pains you may have endometriosis. You can learn more about the condition in this article. It also...
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Kids Health: Kidneys and Urinary Tract

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch this video to get an entertaining overview of the urinary system.
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Kids Health: Life With Lupus

For Students 9th - 10th
Having achy joints and fatigue may seem like complaints of an elderly individual. Life with Lupus, however, can cause such conditions in a teenager. Learn more about the condition in this article and the links to related sites.
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Kids Health: Coping With Common Period Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Having a period usually comes with numerous other changes in the way your body feels and looks. If you're curious as to whether or not what you are feeling is normal, check out this site. It also includes links to related sites.
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Kids Health: Pelvic Exams

For Students 9th - 10th
Most teens don't look forward to medical exams that seem somewhat intrusive. The truth is, though, that by avoiding such exams an individual can put themselves at great risk. Find out more about one such exam for females, the pelvic...
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Kids Health: Repetitive Stress Injuries

For Students 9th - 10th
Repetitive stress injuries are a result of the overuse of a particular body part. This uncomfortable feeling can be treated and prevented. Learn what you can do in this article to avoid such an injury. Links to similar sites are also...
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Kids Health: Dealing With Sports Injuries

For Students 9th - 10th
Injuries resulting from overexertion while participating in sports are inevitable. However, by understanding how they can be prevented, cared for, and their recovery time, you can become better prepared. Links to related articles are...
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Kids Health: Tanning

For Students 9th - 10th
Most people, especially young adults, think they look better with a tan. But excessive sun exposure can cause serious damage to your skin and can lead to skin cancer. Find out how to be smart in the sun.
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Kids Health: Testicular Injuries

For Students 9th - 10th
Males generally don't like to think of the pain resulting from being hit in the testicles. Unfortunately it does happen and it's beneficial to know the steps one should take if this situation ever arises. Links to supplementing article...
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Kids Health: Female Athlete Triad

For Students 9th - 10th
The female athlete triad is composed of three disorders that all stem from a woman's obsession with how she looks. Conditions in this triad result in weakness and damage to one's body. This condition is outlined in a detailed manner in...
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Kids Health: Volunteering

For Students 9th - 10th
Volunteering may seem like working without being compensated but that isn't necessarily true. Volunteers are compensated with a gratifying feeling of making a difference in the life of someone in need.Read this article to find out how to...
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Kids Health: Abdominal Pain

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site provides information on stomach pain.
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Kids Health: Going to a Physical Therapist

For Students 3rd - 5th
There are different reasons for going to a physical therapist. Kids go there, as do older people. Sometimes kids go to help them get well after a minor injury, like a broken arm or leg. Some kids go because they have a physical...
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Kids Health: Going With the Flow of Nosebleeds

For Students 3rd - 5th
Getting hit in the face is not the only cause of nosebleeds. Lots of kids have nosebleeds, they are quite common. Even thought they can be scary and gross, nosebleeds are usually not really a big deal. Use this site to learn more about...
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Kids Health: How Stitches Help Kids Heal

For Students 3rd - 5th
Just about every kid needs to have stitches at one time or another. Whether you're playing a bit too hard and conk your head - ouch! - on your dresser, or your little brother trips you and you cut your knee, sometimes your skin needs...
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Kids Health: Indigestion

For Students 3rd - 5th
Heart burn, indigestion, tummy aches are all things that kids can experience. Read some reasons for getting indigestion, and some ways to avoid tummy turmoil.
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Kids Health: Learning About Braces Basics

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn what it is like to get braces, the dental process that straightens teeth and corrects the way a person bites on food.
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Kids Health: Migraines: What a Pain

For Students 3rd - 5th
All of us have had a headache at some point. A migraine is a very severe headache. They don't happen every day, but they are common among kids and adults. Use this site to learn more about headaches, migraines especially and learn what...
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Kids Health: What a Pain! Kids and Growing Pains

For Students 3rd - 5th
Growing up is something that most kids can't wait to do. As you grow up, you might experience growing pains. Use this site to learn more about the reasons for growing pains and what to do about them.
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Kids Health: About Anemia

For Students 3rd - 8th
Tells the story of a kid diagnosed with anemia. Be sure to read the whole story and click on the "more articles" tab to get more information.
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Kids Health: Do You Know About Sickle Cell Anemia?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Good basic explanation of what this disease is, how it affects people who have it, and what treatments doctors and nurses use to help.
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Kids Health: Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get the scoop on the causes, treatments, and symptoms of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). Be sure to read the whole article and to click on the side tabs to the right for additional information on this painful disease.
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Kids Health: Life With Lupus

For Students 3rd - 8th
Does you or someone you know have lupus? How does it affect people's lives? What causes it? How do doctors treat it? Find out on this webpage. Be sure to click through the whole article, and check out the tabs on the side for additional...