Teen Health and Wellness

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General Health Sites

New York Online Access to Health (NOAH)
http://www.noah-health.org
Links to authoritative information on hundreds of health topics. Also available in Spanish.

Medline Plus Health Information
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
From the National Library of Medicine, information on diseases and drugs. Also includes a medical encyclopedia, and a dictionary of medical terms.

Interactive HealthTutorials (from Medline Plus)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorial.html
Great slide show tutorials on many diseases and conditions, tests and diagnostic procedures, surgery and treatment procedures and health issues.
Requires Flash 4.

AIDS & HIV

Whatudo: HIV Facts, Opinions and Actions
http://www.whatudo.org/
A site for teens on HIV. Click on Learn to get fact sheets, statistics, stories, and news.

Drugs

NIDA for Teens : The Science Behind Drug Abuse
http://teens.drugabuse.gov/
Science-based facts about how drugs affect the brain and body. Includes information on marijuana, nicotine, ecstasy and steroids.

Genetic Disorders

Your Genes, Your Health: A Multimedia Guide to Genetic Disorders
http://yourgenesyourhealth.org/
Detailed info on such genetic disorders as hemophilia, muscular dystrophy, marfan syndrome and sickle cell anemia. From the Dolan DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Mental and Emotional Health

Mental Health Risk Factors for Adolescents
http://education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/mental.html
Links to internet sites related to depression, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, stress, suicide and other teen mental health issues. Intended for teens, their parents, teachers, researchers, and health practitioners.

Nutrition

Go Ask Alice : Fitness and Nutrition
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/Cat3.html
Tons of information in a question-and-answer format. From Columbia University.

Nutrition Source, Harvard School of Public Health http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/
Timely information on nutrition and diet. Check out Interpreting News on Diet to sort out all the contradictory information you've heard or read.

Vegetarian Resource Group
http://www.vrg.org
Well-organized, and balanced site which promotes and explains vegetarianism. Includes special sections for children and teens.

Teen Health Issues

TeensHealth.org
http://www.teenshealth.org
Answers and advice for teens on staying healthy and safe. From the Nemours Foundation.

Go Ask Alice!
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/
The health question and answer Internet service of Columbia University’s Health Education Program. In addition to resources on general health, the site offers information and advice on relationships, sexuality and sexual health, fitness and nutrition, emotional health and alcohol, nicotine and other drugs.

Young Women's Resource Center
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org
Especially for teen girls, this site from Boston Children's Hospital provides information cancer, sexuality, eating disorders and nutrition, gynecology, smoking, and mental health and a guide to lesbian health.

Last updated September 23, 2006
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