Health and Medicine

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Brain

• NIH Brain Site

Circulatory and Respiratory Systems

· The Human Body Adventure

· TeensHealth (select <Diseases and Conditions> Read about the diseases and conditions of the respiratory and circulatory system.)

· The Giant Heart - Go to this web site. On the Table of Contents Page there are opportunities to see short videos of different neat things about the heart.

· Human Anatomy Online – Visit this web site.

· Hillendale Health – Visit this web site. Find answers to questions such as “Why do you yawn?” Also, find more about circulation, respiration, digestion and your nervous system.

· American Lung Association (BIG time resource for all about respiratory diseases.)

Health and Disease Sites

• Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
• National Institutes of Health -- Health Information
• WebCrawler Health
• American Cancer Society
• Alphabetic List of Specific Diseases/Disorders
• National Center for Infectious Diseases
• Diabetes Information Page
• Med Help International - The Virtual Medical Center for Patients
• March of Dimes
• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
• Medline
• Healthfinder.gov
• National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
• Discoveryhealth.com
• National Center For Infectious Diseases
• Centers For Disease Control and Prevention Health Topic A-Z
• United States Department of Health and Human Services
• Food and Drug Administration
• United States Department of Agriculture
• Mayo Clinic - Medical and Health Information and Tools from Mayo Clinic
• Genetic Diseases
• Assorted Diseases

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Sites related to:
Tobacco, Alchohol, and Drugs

• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Center For Disease Control
• YRBSS-Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System-Healthy Youth
• Cool Spot – Alcohol, Peer Pressure and Underage Drinking Info for Young Teens
• Drugfreewave – now is: naturalhigh.org
• Freevibe
• Drugstory
• Partnership For A Drug-Free America-Drug Abuse and Substance Abuse Information
• Just Think Twice
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors
• Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, CCSA, addictions, drugs, alcohol
• PREVLINE: The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
• Factsheet on Commonly Abused Drugs
• Web of addictions: Fact Sheets
• Indiana Prevention Resource Center: Drug Information
• NIDA: Cocaine Abuse and Addiction
• CDC: Tobacco Information and Prevention Tips
• National Cancer Institute
• American Cancer Society
• American Lung Association
• American Medical Association
• Americans for Non-smokers' Rights
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Lung Cancer Information

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DENISE M. ECKERT-HILL