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Websites
Explains why people need transplants, what happens during surgery, and how to keep the new liver healthy.
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/d...ubs/livertransplant_ez/index.htm

A kids guide to genetic disorders with stories, art gallery, and picture book to learn about what happens when switches in the body just don't work.
http://www.tarynsworld.org/taryn/switches.htm

Offers information on these disorders in general and each of the five types specifically.
http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs20txt.htm

Collection of articles help children and their families understand basic medical conditions, tests, and procedures. Also includes a guide to home care and wellness. From the Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati.
http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/info/

The Children's Hospital Network for children in the hospital or who have disabilities.
http://www.bearabletimes.org/

Fun activities and information about disabilities to teach awareness and help children build self-esteem. Includes puzzles, games, coloring books and illusions.
http://www.theablecrew.org/

Learn about illnesses, allergies and disabilities. Sections on the teen body, ask a doctor, share stories and check out the games.
http://www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk/teens/index.html

Learn about your ears, nose, and throat. Watch movies about having your tonsils out or getting tubes in your ears. [Movies require free Adobe, Flash, and Windows Media downloads.]
http://www.entnet.org/KidsENT/kids.cfm

Information and activities for kids presented by kids. Learn about head lice, their life cycle, and what they do.
http://www.headlice.org/kids/

Explores how air, water, sun, dust, plants, animals, chemicals, and metals can make people sick.
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/a2z/home.htm

Provides information about anthrax, botulinum toxin, plague, smallpox, and tularemia. Includes symptoms of exposure, vaccines, and treatments.
http://whyfiles.org/141bioweapons2/5.html

Illustrated guide describes more than 25 common diseases and medical conditions. Includes symptoms of each as well as treatment options.
http://www.diseases-explained.com/

Site for siblings of chronically ill children.
http://www.asiblingssite.com/

A comprehensive site dealing with Arnold Chiari Malformation, in adults and teens.
http://www.pressenter.com/~wacma/

Learn about the importance of getting enough sleep. Download a fun pad or video, play games, and create Garfield comic strips. [Requires free Flash download]
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/starslp/

Online support group for children and teens with myasthenia gravis. Includes personal stories and a message board.
http://www.geocities.com/mgyouth/

A multimedia guide to genetic, inherited disorders, and Fragile X syndrome.
http://www.ygyh.org/

Articles about infections that teens can get, with information about how they're spread, signs and symptoms, when to go to the doctor, and prevention.
http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/

Presents personal accounts of burn injuries, as well as facts and figures and an opportunity to share experiences.
http://www.kernoweb.myby.co.uk/salamanders/

Article provides information and tips for dealing with the problem of being overweight.
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/dieting/obesity.html

Alphabetic list of children's diseases, compiled by the BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?children

Created by a team from a Singapore secondary school, and presenting facts about this infectious disease using interactive features and animations.
http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01787/

Information on the process, from assessment through surgery. Includes sections on infection, rejection and life after transplant.
http://www.transplantkids.co.uk/

Includes what it is, the different types, signs and symptoms, and how to protect against this disease.
http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/stds/hepatitis.html

Tells what it is, how you get it, what the doctor does, and how to get better.
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/sick/strep_throat.html

Read stories, get tips about teasing, and take a hospital tour. Learn fun things to do in the hospital and how the body works.
http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/facul...jfleitas/bandaides/contkids.html

Learn about illnesses, tests and treatments, look up words in the dictionary, read about the hospital and play games in the club.
http://www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk/kids/index.html

Find out how the voice works and why it sometimes doesn't.
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/sick/laryngitis.html

Online community for young people isolated by illness or disability. Share poems and stories, ask a question, play games, and join the club.
http://www.patchworx.org/