These Factsheets explain the basics about health conditions that can affect learning in the classroom, and offer quick tips on teaching strategies to help students succeed in school. Each factsheet ...

You know how important your heart is, so it's no wonder people worry when they hear someone has heart problems. Heart disease, also called cardiovascular (say: kar-dee-oh-VAS-kyoo-lur) disease, mainly ...

As a parent, you want your kids to feel happy about themselves and have good self-esteem (also called a self-image). Your words and actions affect it more than anything else, starting from when ...

Sanfilippo (san-fuh-LEE-po) syndrome is a rare genetic metabolism disorder. A change in a single gene makes a child's body unable to break down certain carbohydrates (sugars). This leads to serious ...

What Is a Cardiac Catheterization? A cardiac catheterization is a procedure that cardiologists (heart doctors) do. They put a catheter (a long, thin tube) into a blood vessel, then guide it the heart.

Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac plants contain an oil (called urushiol) that can cause an allergic rash in most people who have contact with it. The plants look different, but they cause the ...

What are you feeling, right now, as you start to read this? Are you curious? Hopeful that you'll learn something about yourself? Bored because this is something you have to do for school and you're ...

What Is Athlete's Foot? Athlete's foot, or tinea pedis (say: TIN-ee-uh PEH-dus), is a common skin infection that is caused by a fungus (say: FUN-guss). This fungus eats old skin cells. And plenty of ...

We see and hear about hearts everywhere. A long time ago, people even thought that their emotions came from their hearts, maybe because the heart beats faster when a person is scared or excited. Now ...

What Does the Heart & Circulatory System Do? If you've ever wondered how your heart works, this movie has the answer. And special thanks to the Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation for supporting ...

Hydroxyurea is a medicine that can help people who have sickle cell disease. It keeps blood cells round and flexible, so they flow better and deliver oxygen to the body more easily. This means less ...

When your child feels warm or seems out of sorts, knowing if a fever might be the cause can be helpful. Here's how to take your child's temperature, safely and accurately. Check the manufacturer's ...