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Favorite Health
Related Sites
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AIDS
Information.....The
Body (Another good AIDS Site)
Extensive information on AIDS and HIV
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AIDS
in Africa
Comprehensive report from CNN
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Alcohol Information Click
on the sites listed for specific information.
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Al-Anon
and Alateen
Alcohol
Impairment Chart
Alcoholics
Anonymous
How
Can I Get Help?
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American
Dental Association
Consumer and
educational information
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American
Heart Association
Excellent site information on diet, exercise and heart disease.
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American
Lung Association
Lung diseases,
prevent lung problems, effects of tobacco on health.
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Brainweb
Data base of
information for 175 diseases related to the brain.
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BrainPop-Health
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Lots of interactive
movies on a variety of health topics.
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Understanding
Cancer
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Concise definition, with illustrations, of cancer.
In slide show format.
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Cancer
Facts "Brain Food"
Great new site
that provides an overview of cancer, treatment and prevention.
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CancerlinksUSA.com
Great starting
point for cancer research.
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Center
for Science in the Public Interest
A strong advocacy group for healthy diets, food safety and labeling.
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Center
for Disease Control
Huge government data base on all diseases. This is an important
first place to look for any disease research.
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Children's
Health Center
Part of the CDC. Games, activities and information for young people
and teens.
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Diet
and Fast Food Links
This page contains a number of links to sites about fast food and
food facts.
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Dr.
Koop.com
Outstanding medical information. Dr. Koop is the former Surgeon General
of the United States and a pediatrician.
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Discovery
Health - Future Trends
See what health advances are predicted for the new millennium.
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Dole
Five a Day
Lots of good reason to eat fruit. This is a site with games, activities
and even talking fruit. Elementary interest level.
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Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
The site for environmental health research. There are extensive
search engines, games and simulations.
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Face
Facts
An interactive commercial site that gives lots of excellent advice
for taking care of your skin. Acne is discussed in detail.
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Fetal
Development
Pictures and animations of fetal development.
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Food
Finder
Find out how much fat is in your favorite fast food. Really good
site with extensive information. Read the directions carefully.
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Food
Safety.gov
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All about food,
bacteria...Excellent source of reliable information.
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Hardin
Meta Directory of Internet Health Resources
.An extensive directory of health
information.
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Health
E-Tools
Interactive activities related to exercise, height, weight, food and
more! One great part of this site is the Height
Predictor
which helps students get an idea of how tall they might become.
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Health
Index and Assessment
For teachers...A self assessment and planning guide for your health
education program.
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Health
Links by Nancy Donohoue
Another great source of health information
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Health
Links from the Sacramento Library
Great places to look for health related information.
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Health
Teacher
All health teachers take note! Here is a site that has hundreds
of lesson plans, resources and ideas.
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Health
Windows
This site is designed for middle
school students and has extensive,
useful links to dozens of informative sites.
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Health
Surfing
This site has extensive current health
information and health in the news items.
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Health
& Science Links
Extensive listings of sites for smoking, alcohol, diseases and general
science.
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Height
Predictor
Find out
how tall you will grow! Quick interactive tool!
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How
Things Work
Great facts about health. Check it out.
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Kids
Health Page
Health information from the FDA. (Food and Drug Administration)
Food safety quiz and drug information.
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Living
to 100 New!
Another test to see how long you might live and if you will reach
100 years old.
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The
Longevity Game
Take this test to see how long you
might live based on your heredity and lifestyle.
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Mayo
Clinic
Current health
information with multiple search engines. The Mayo Clinic one of the
oldest and most respected clinics in the world.
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MediQuiz
2001
Find
out what you know about medicine!
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Mental
Health Information from a group of Psychiatrists in Maryland
Excellent information on a variety of mental disorders and related
issues
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Museum
of Menstruation
A curious and
interesting site! Find out about the first tampon!
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National
Organization of Orphan Diseases
A MediQuiz
(Find out what you know about medicine!)comprehensive
site that documents over 1100 rare and unusual inherited disorders such
as progeria and proteus syndrome.
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Nutrition
on the Web for Teens
Good information
and activities. From ThinkQuest.
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Nutrition
Games
Lots a interesting games to test your knowledge of food groups and
nutrients.
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Quackwatch
This site provides
data on products that make fabulous claims that sound good, but do not
work. Some are just a waste of money, and others could keep you from
getting the treatment you need.
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Robert
Wadlow
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Learn about the
world's tallest man!
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STD
Information
Excellent
summary of the major types of STD's. Current statistics and clinical
data. Good resource for teachers.
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Straight
Talk on Suicide
This site is from KidsHealth
and provides information and resources.
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Tobacco Links
NoTobacco.org
Great web site for research...all the links are here!
American
Lung Association
Anti
Smoking Tobacco Project
American
Cancer Society
The
Whole Truth
Smoking
Hurts Everyone
Tips
for Teens about Smoking!
TobaccoFree.com
Reasons
to Quit - Non-Fatal Problems
Tobacco
and You New 8/2001
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U.S.
Dept. of Agriculture
Food, nutrition,
food regulations. Another huge government site.
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US
Government Sites for Kids!
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An excellent
starting point for finding reliable sites for students.
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Information
on diseases and treatments, surgery, patient information. This site
is large and authoritative. Useful for research and background on many
health topics.
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Whole
Truth
Shockwave enhanced
site about tobacco and health. Activities, movies and great sarcasm.
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World
Health Organization
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Diseases and health information
from around the world.
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