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The information
furnished by this website is of a general nature and is designed
for informational purposes only. Brighton Pediatrics recommends
that you visit a qualified Health Care Professional for individual
and personal attention.
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| Asthma/Allergies |
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Allergy
and Asthma Network - Mothers of Asthmatics - This organization
is geared toward both allergies and asthma and has an extensive
database of information on these topics. |
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How
Asthma-Friendly Is Your Child-Care Setting? - A checklist
for parents, teachers, and school nurses |
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Current
Pollen Count - Just enter your ZIP code and to get customized
pollen and weather information |
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Food
Allergies - Very nice web site about all you need to know about food Allergy
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| Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
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| Breastfeeding |
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La
Leche League - This organization is "dedicated to
providing education, information, support, and encouragement
to women who want to breastfeed. |
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Breastfeeding.net The #1 site for breastfeeding information, support and attitude! |
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| Diabetes |
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American
Diabetes Association - This site contains a wealth of
information on the association and on diabetes, itself. |
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Kids
Learn About Diabetes - A site for kids with diabetes written
by kids with diabetes. It has a tutorial on the disease, written
in easy-to-understand language. |
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Children
With Diabetes - This is also geared toward kids and their
families, but is more extensive. If you want more information
than you find at "Kids Learn...” try here. |
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| Development and Growth |
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Zero to Three - This site focuses on the development
of your child during the important first three years of life. Its
mission is to strengthen and support families,practitioners, and
communities to promote the healthy development of babies and toddlers. |
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Bright Futures - This site provides educational
materials, tools related to health supervision, and developmental
and general health guidelines for children and adolescents. |
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KidsGrowth - Another great site dedicated to providing information to parents. |
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TeenGrowth - Dedicated to providing health information to teens. |
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| Disabilities |
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National
Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities -
- If you have a child with disabilities, this site can be
invaluable. If contains publications, FAQs, and a list of
resources available to children with disabilities in each
state. |
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| Dentistry |
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American
Academy of Pediatric Dentistry - This site answers questions
you may have about the care of your child's teeth and has
a search function that helps you find a pediatric dentist
in your area. |
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| Drugs and Alcohol |
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American
Council for Drug Education - This site contains useful
information for parents such as how to talk to your kids about
drugs and what signs of drug use to look for. |
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Partnership
for a Drug-Free America - Lots of information here for
parents and teens. |
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Poison
Control Center - Very useful information about any drug
overdose or poisoning |
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| Eating Disorders |
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Eating
Disorders Center - This is one area in a much larger web
site on health in general. It is packed with information on
eating disorders. |
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Eating
Disorders in a Disordered Culture - The highlight of this
site is the section with stories written by people with eating
disorders. |
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Rader Program for treating Eating Disorders - Striking artwork by people
in treatment for eating disorders. |
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| General Health Information |
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TV
Turnoff Network - Tthis organization's goal is to get people to do more constructive
things with their time than watch TV.
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KidsMeds - This site provides parents with detailed information about
their child's medications |
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KidsHealth - Comprehensive advice for parents, school-age children, and
teens. |
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Beansprout
Networks - Expert advice on parenting, development, feeding,
safety issues, and more. |
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healthy kids.com - Great site for general child health |
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Discovery Health |
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| Nutrition |
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Healthy
School Lunch Campaign - This site contains information
on the nutritional value of (often quite
poor) and what can be done to improve the situation. |
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3aDay - This web site discusses ways to help include enough
calcium in your child's diet by encouraging kids to
eat 3 servings of dairy per day. |
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Nutrition
Sleuth - You are the famous nutrition detective, Inspector Snarfengood,
you handle all the toughest nutrition cases! Each victim
is missing an important nutrient. Can you help them? |
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Food
Concentration
Match the foods shown and win the game. |
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Dole
5 a Day
Fun and games to help you learn to eat 5 fruits and
vegetables a day |
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Childhood
obesity - diet tips, weight
loss |
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What
You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish |
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The
food Guide Pyramid |
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Feeding
your 1 to 2 year old |
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| Safety |
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The
Injury Prevention Program (TIPP) - A program of
the American Academy of Pediatrics with safety information
pages that apply to specific age groups of children
and with a monthly article on a safety topic |
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Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC) Links |
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US Consumer Product Safety Commission |
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The
Further Adventures of Kidd Safety - The Further
Adventures of Kidd Safety - A kid-oriented area
with educational games that focus on safety |
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Recalls - Monthly lists of products that have been recalled
and links to sites that follow recalls of automobiles,
car seats, and other products. |
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National
Safe Kids Campaign - This is a non-profit organization
dedicated to the prevention of unintentional childhood
injury. |
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Child
Passenger Safety - Information on car seats, air bags,
etc. from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
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Seat check -
This site has car seat information, including where to
go to have your car seat inspected and to learn how to
install it properly. |
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Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence - This site contains information
on gun control laws, statistics, and how to ensure your
family is safe from the dangers of firearms in the home. |
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American
Association of Poison Control Centers - You can
find the poison control center for your area on this
site, as well as lots of useful information on poisonings. |
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| SIDS |
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First
Candle/SIDS Alliance - This site has information about
SIDS, including possible causes, ways to prevent SIDS, and
resources for families of children who have died of SIDS. |
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| Travel |
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CDC's
Travel Page - A list
of vaccinations/precautions to take for traveling to any country
or region, provided by the Center's for Disease Control and
Prevention. |
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| Vaccinations |
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2007
Childhood & Adolescent Immunization Schedule
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The
Anti-Immunization Activist: A Pattern of Deception - This
site focuses SOLELY on the misuse of scientific articles by
anti-immunization activists |
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Immunization
Action Coalition - This site contains information on the
diseases that our vaccines can prevent as well as many other
topics related to vaccines. |
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Vaccines and Autism
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CDC
page on Vaccines and Autism |
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National
Academy of Sciences Immunization Safety Review Committee - This independent committee reviewed the proposed connection
between the MMR vaccine and autism. Their conclusions
are summarized on this web site. |
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Institute for Vaccine Safety - Isseminate objective information on the safety of recommended immunizations. |
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| Violence |
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National
Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center - An important
resource on youth violence and suicide. |
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| Kids Section |
The Starfall learn-to-read
website is offered free as a public service. Primarily designed
for first grade, Starfall.com is also useful for pre-kindergarten,
kindergarten and second grade. |
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Fun Brain
is for both teachers and students. It’s full of games, Madlibs
and online books for students |
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Keaton's Roundhouse
for children...Bringing knowledge and the love of trains to Austin
area children. |
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Health finder
for Kids...Includes fun games to teach you about nutrition and health. |
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Kids Domain.
COM --Miscellaneous fun stuff for kids |
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KidsHealth...For
information on growing up, fitness, illness and more! |
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Star Sleeper...Help
Garfield solve Mission Z and tuck the world in for a good night's
rest!! |
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CodeRedRover.org...a
web site to reinforce the home safety messages that many of your
children already know, as well as teach them new ones. All children
are welcome, although many of the games and activities are fast
paced and are most appropriate for children age’s
eight to eleven. |
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Welcome to the
U.S. government interagency Kids' Portal. This site was developed
and is maintained by the Federal
Citizen Information Center. It provides links to Federal kids'
sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations
all grouped by subject. Explore, learn, have fun and don't forget
to add us to your favorites! |
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Lots of games
and health information for kids |
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Lots of games
and information about health and fitness. |
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Great cartoons
to teach you about health, illnesses, and medicine. |
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Pre-K–6 resources for teachers, students,
and families to support instruction in the classroom and at home
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Lots of good
fun that is funny" while learning basic reading, math, science,
and reasoning skills. |
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A Learning
Center for Young Astronomers |
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This is an
on-going list of sites that offer information for and about kids.
Among other things, it includes a lot of stuff for them to play
with, information for adults, and info about schools and education |
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