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Brave Kids - resources for children with chronic, life threatening illnesses and

http://www.bravekids.org/

Resources for children with chronic, life threatening illnesses or special needs, their families, and health care providers.

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Environmental Diseases from A to Z

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/a2z/home.htm

Environmental Diseases from A to Z - The AIR, the WATER, the SUN, the DUST, PLANTS and ANIMALS, and the CHEMICALS and METALS of our WORLD. They support life. They make it beautiful and fun. But, as wonderful as they are They can also make some people sick. Here are some diseases that are related to your ENVIRONMENT. From A to Z And some ideas for preventing or caring for them.

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Gigablast

http://gigablast.com/search?q=%22conditions%2Band%2Bdiseases%22

A powerful, new search engine that does real-time indexing.

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How Lou Got the Flu

http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/04_lou/04_lou.html

I'm Louise-most people call me Lou-and I live in Kansas. I feel pretty rotten now. I have a sore throat, a cough, and achy muscles. Doctor Petrie said I caught the flu-that's short for influenza. My friends Sue, Hugh, and Stu also caught it. I hear it's going around (and not just to people whose names rhyme!) My dad's giving me lots of stuff to drink and making sure I sleep a lot. I asked Doctor Petrie, "Where does the flu come from?" She said, "Many scientists think the flu comes from ducks in China." How can a virus travel around the world?

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Infections

http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/

Who needs a flu shot? How long is mono contagious? This section has tons of articles about infections that teens can get, with information about how they're spread, signs and symptoms, when to go to the doctor, and more.

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Kids Quest, NCBDDD

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/kids/

Kids Quest is a web-base curriculum designed to give kids in grades 4-6 an understanding of some of the issues related to disability and health. This program is part of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

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Kids support for siblings with a chronic illness

http://www.asiblingssite.com/

Sibling support information for those challenged with a debilitating disease such as spondyloarothropathy and degenerative arthritis

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Salamanders Young Burn Survivors: Info, Stats, Contacts, more...

http://www.kernoweb.myby.co.uk/salamanders/

If you ARE a burn survivor, if you KNOW a burn survivor, or if you WANT TO KNOW about burns, then this site is for you! Information, Statistics, Contacts, First Aid, Links, Freeware ...

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Star Sleeper Homepage

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/starslp/

Garfield Star Sleeper is an NHLBI initiative to educate America's children - their parents, educators and healthcare providers - about the importance of good sleep habits and obtaining adequate nighttime sleep.

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Taryn's World: All About Switches

http://www.tarynsworld.org/taryn/switches.htm

Taryn's World Presents All About Switches; a kid's eyeview of genetics and genetic diseases.

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