Conditions and Diseases
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- Anorexia
- Answers questions about this eating disorder. Includes what it is, symptoms, medical consequences, and how it differs from bulimia.
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- CBBC Newsground: New anorexia guidelines for teens
- Explores the often-disregarded area of male anorexia in teens. Includes media influence, genetics, hormonal changes, and the importance of support.
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- Key Anthrax Discovery
- Tells how a recent discovery could lead to new treatment without antibiotics.
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- All About Anxiety Disorders
- Explores what anxiety disorders are, how people get them, and what can be done to treat them.
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- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- A look at what the disorder is, what causes it, and how it can be diagnosed and treated.
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- Kids Health: Appendicitis
- Learn why kids get appendicitis, how it feels, and what doctors do to help.
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- MedlinePlus: Appendicitis
- Learn about the symptoms, treatment, and possible complications. Includes illustrations of the digestive area and the surgical process.
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- Kids' Health: Asperger Syndrome
- Learn about what this disorder is, symptoms and how to help. Read what some kids say about having this problem.
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- MedlinePlus: Asperger Syndrome
- Brief article about this disorder that is like autism. Read about causes, symptoms, treatments, and tests.
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- Neuroscience for Kids: Asperger's Syndrome
- Find out who discovered it, the behavioral symptoms, research, and what part of the brain is affected.
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- Asthma Kids
- Be a secret agent and uncover the mysteries of asthma. Includes games, stories and a thirty-second quiz.
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- Dusty the Asthma Goldfish and His Asthma Triggers Funbook
- Coloring pages, mazes, and word puzzles help kids learn about triggers and how to create an asthma plan. [Requires Adobe Reader] [PDF]
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- National Jewish Asthma Wizard
- Learn about asthma care, treatment, and the peak flow meter. Features games, puzzles, and stories for kids.
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- Child and Youth Health: If Your Friend Has Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- Learn what it is, the problems it causes, what parents and friends can do, medicines that help and tips from kids.
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- KidsHealth: Someone I Know Is Hyperactive
- Article explains what ADHD is, who gets it, what the symptoms are, and how it can be treated.
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- Kids Quest: Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- Suggests different ways of finding out about autism and includes an online attitude check-up.
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- National Institute of Mental Health: Autism
- Provides the definition, diagnosis, and treatment for autism.
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- KidsHealth: Bedwetting
- Learn why bedwetting (enuresis) happens, good news, and more good news about it.