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Power of Prevention
This website and program from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists targets sixth grade students to encourage good fitness and nutrition habits.

20 Questions with an Emergency Room Doctor
Questions and answers from an emergency room doctor, including advice for kids who want to be doctors, kinds of injuries children have, and how they can stay safer.

About Childrens Health
Directory of web sites about kids health, plus articles on diverse topics such as exercise, nutrition, brain development, antibiotics, fever, chickenpox and experiments to teach your kids about science.

All About Asthma - PBSkids
All About Asthma is an extension of the ARTHUR Hooray for Health! guide. This piece helps children learn what asthma is, what can trigger asthma attacks, and how to stay active and healthy if they have asthma

Anesthesia and Your Child
Links to a coloring book to help prepare your child for anesthesia, including what will happen the night before surgery, the morning before surgery, at the hospital, on your way to surgery, getting sleepy and the recovery room.

Asthma Wizard
Help your children learn more about asthma from the Asthma Wizard, including how asthma medicines work, taking asthma medicine, what happens during an asthma attack, and what kids with asthma can do.

Bandaids & Blackboards
Teach your children about chronic medical problems, including why kids get sick, questions and answers about their bodies, and all about teasing.

Children with Diabetes Children's Corner
Meet kids with diabetes, get tips on making blood tests and shots as easy as possible, diabetes camp and learn about parents' feelings or how diabetes affects your parents.

Explorers' Club
Fun and interesting things for your kids to do as they learn about the environment, including plants, animals, water, air, garbage and recycling.

Health Finder Kids
Because 'healthfinder kids know lots of ways to be healthy and have fun.' Cool and uncool stuff, games, safe surfing and art contests.

Kids Health for Kids
An educational resource from the Nemours Foundation to help teach your children about their health and safety.

Mercy Bear's Big Adventure
Virtual tours to explain a visit to the hospital to your child, including same day surgery, exam room visits and overnight stays.

Visiting the Pediatrician
A coloring book that you can print out to help explain to your children what will happen at their next visit to the Pediatrician.

When Someone in Your Family Has Cancer
National Cancer Institute guide for children with cancer, including articles about cancer and the family, can cancer be cured, cancer treatments and how your parents feel.

Yucky Gross & Cool Body
Choose a body function or body system to learn how the human body works. Topics include 'poop, gas dandruff, sweat, zits, ear wax, digestion, circulation, and more.'