The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Diabetes (Advanced)
A complete, student-paced lesson on diabetes including causes and treatments. Students work their way through illustrations and animated tutorials, and answer review questions along the way. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of...
Other
Aair: Eosinophils Mischief Makers in Asthma
A very good description of the role that eosinophils play in the human body, and how they complicate the asthma reaction in some people. Good graphics and contextual information on the blood.
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National Fibromyalgia Partnership, Inc. (Nfp)
This site provides information about fibromyalgia. Includes articles, current research, books/videos, links and much more.
Other
Quality of Work Life: Beyond Common Sense
Professional network of massage therapists from around the globe. Site contains articles on the most recent massage therapy research.
National Institutes of Health
Nlm Hiv: Aids Information
Government site featuring information on drugs, consumer news, treatments and links to other resources.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Viruses in Research and Medicine
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Is it possible for viruses to be useful? Explore and understand the why good things can happen when scientists study these pesky microorganisms.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Inflammatory Response and Leukocytes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Whenever the skin is broken, it is possible for pathogens to easily enter your body. They get past the first line of defense, and run into the second line of...
Smithsonian Institution
Tween Tribune: If We Don't Need an Appendix, Why Is It There?
Article presents a theory regarding the role of the appendix in the human body.
Other
American Academy of Pediatrics
Home page of a professional organization of physicians specializing in child health and safety.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Apoptosis
Resource explains apoptosis (programmed cell death) and how it is different from necrosis (cell death due to injury).
Curated OER
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.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Tanning
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.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Passing the Bug
Students apply concepts of disease transmission to analyze infection data, either provided or created using Bluetooth-enabled Android devices. This data collection may include several cases, such as small static groups (representing...
The College of Physicians
The History of Vaccines: History of the Immunization Schedule
Charts and graphs showing the history of recommended vaccinations in the United States from 1945 to the present.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Detailed information about chronic fatigue syndrome: what it is, what can cause it, the symptoms, and how to treat it.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1905 Presentation Speech
This site from the Nobel e-Museum contains a speech, originally given in 1905, in which Count K.A.H. Morner praises Robert Koch for his contribution to the world of medicine and awards Koch with the Nobel Prize.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Illnesses
Outstanding reference in Spanish and English for illnesses, disease, immunization and other health-related issues. Most of the Spanish links tied to its menu have English counterparts.
Other
Story md.com: Cancer: Understanding What Is Cancer
An in-depth look at cancer and the human body. Learn about cancer on a cellular level, types of cancer, how genetics and lifestyle risk factors play a part in cancer growth, and much more.
PBS
Nova: Making Vaccines
Explore the production of six different types of vaccines. This activity is interactive, allowing you to take part in the production of the different vaccines.
University of Arizona
Pulse: Disease & Epidemics: Architects of History
A 10 week interdisciplinary unit plan on disease and epidemics.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: Jurisdiction of Federal Courts
This site describes the jurisdiction of the Federal Court system. The site breaks the court's jurisdiction into three main areas of institutional conflict: Federal Restraint of State Courts by Injunctions, Habeas Corpus: Scope of the...
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Fourteenth Amendment
This resource gives the text of the 14th Amendment and includes annotations, which are helpful to understand interpretations and uses of the amendment.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Drug Adherence and Resistance
This series of video lectures (in brief clips) and personal accounts stress the importance of drug adherence for patients on drug regimens for the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fever!
This video describes the role of the brain in regulating body temperature and how sometimes fever is employed to fight off infection.