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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.
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Kids Health: All About What Vitamins and Minerals Do
This is an excellent site for kids to learn about vitamins and minerals. Includes general information on vitamins and minerals as well as specific sections on vitamins A, B, C, D, E, K, and calcium and iron.
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Kids Health: What Is Puke?
An informational article on every aspect of "throwing up" for kids. Contains links to the contents of puke and to other pages with more information on the subject.
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Kids Health: Vomiting
This website informs parents about the complications and risks associated with vomiting and the diseases that cause vomiting. Here, you can learn how to prevent dehydration in sick children and how to relieve other problems associated...
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Kids Health: Your Child's Immunizations
Lets you know when you should be concerned and call a doctor for help.
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Kids Health: Digestive System
The parts of the digestive system and how they function are explained. An interactive diagram shows the location of each part of the system, and summarizes what each does. Disorders of the digestive system are also described.
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Kids Health: Endocrine System
The endocrine system and the different glands that are part of it are explained, as well as disorders and diseases of the endocrine system.
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Kids Health: Eyes
The anatomy of the eye, how it functions to allow us to see, and vision problems that can develop are described.
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Kids Health: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Sids)
The article explains what is currently known about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and suggest a number of ways to reduce the risk to babies.
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Kids Health: Infant Botulism
Site provides an excellent description of botulism and how it affects infants, including information about symptoms, prevention and treatment.
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Kids Health: Encephalitis
An easy to understand but complete look at the causes and symptoms of encephalitis, especially in children. Site also contains links to related illnesses in children.
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Kids Health: Lyme Disease
This article on Lyme disease is organized into the following sections: "Lyme Disease," "Contagiousness, Diagnosis, and Treatment," and "Duration, Prevention, and When to Call Your Child's Doctor."
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Kids Health: Tetanus
The web-article provides a detailed overview of tetanus. Content focuses on the duration, contagiousness, infection incubation, as well as prevention and treatment.
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Kids Health: Ascariasis
This site answers any questions you might have about Ascariasis. This site has four pages of information written for parents.
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Kids Health: Salmonella Infections
Site provides a general description of Salmonellosis, the foodborne illness caused by salmonella. Focuses on kids and kids' health and gives excellent information about the virus.