Physical Health
Body Piercing / Tattoos / Tongue Splitting
- Association of Professional Piercers
- http://www.safepiercing.org/
Click on the link "Getting Pierced" on the left side of the page to find information including health considerations, oral piercing risks, and finding a certified piercer in your area.
- TeensHealth: Is Body Piercing Safe?
- http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/skin_stuff/body_piercing_safe.html
This site provides honest facts about body piercing.
- TeensHealth: Is Tattooing Safe?
- http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/skin_stuff/safe_tattooing.html
Learn about tattooing safety.
- Tongue Splitting, Forked Tongue, Lizard Tongue
- http://www.infoplasticsurgery.com/tonguesplitting.html
Learn the facts about this surgical procedure, including average cost, recovery time, and learning to use your new tongue.
- Breast Health 101
- http://www.imaginis.com/breasthealth101/
Learn what you should know about your breast health, your mother's breast health, and breast cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
- Young Survival Coalition
- http://www.youngsurvival.org/
"Young women united against breast cancer."
- MEDLINEplus
- http://medlineplus.gov/
A great place to go to get information on diseases, drugs, tests, surgeries and procedures.
- healthfinder
- http://www.healthfinder.gov/
A great database from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services with information on a variety of health topics.
Drug Addiction / Substance Abuse
- Children of Alcoholics Foundation
- http://www.coaf.org/
This site is for the children of alcoholics or other substance users.
- Drughelp
- http://www.drughelp.org/
This site has many, many resources for substance abusers and the friends, families, etc. of substance abusers.
- Get It Straight!
- http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/straight/toc.htm
Honest information for teens about drugs and their effects.
- National Families in Action
- http://www.nationalfamilies.org/
National Families in Action created this website. While this site is not directed toward teens, it contains valuable and current information about drugs in the news, effects on science, the law, the brain, families, legalization, and information about individual drugs. If you need research for a school project, or just want current information about drugs, this is the site to visit!
- NIDA for Teens: The Science Behind Drug Abuse
- http://www.teens.drugabuse.gov/
From the National Institute on Drug Abuse, this site provides information on how drugs actually affect your brain. You can read real-life stories and ask a doctor a question.
- The Cool Spot
- http://www.thecoolspot.gov/
The young teen's place for info on alcohol. Games and graphics deal with the risks of underage drinking and how to resist peer pressure.
Fitness - Steps to a Healthy Live
- http://www.4girls.gov/4girls.cfm?page=fitness/index.htm
Want to get fit? Learn how!
- Take Charge of Your Health: A Teenager's Guide to Better Health
- http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/pubs/winteen/index.htm
Learn about healthy exercise, nutrition, and more.
- Why Exercise is Wise
- http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/take_care/exercise_wise.html
Learn why exercise is important for teens.
- Nutrition on the Web - For Teens
- http://library.thinkquest.org/10991/index.html
Nutrition is important for everyone, whether you're trying to lose weight, gain weight, or just stay the same. This site takes into account your weight, your desired weight, your height, and your age.
- Nutrition Cafe
- http://www.exhibits.pacsci.org/nutrition/
Are you eating right? Play these games and find out.
- Powerful Girls. Powerful Bones.
- http://www.cdc.gov/powerfulbones/
Learn how to have strong bones now so that you can prevent osteoporosis later.
- Ovulation
- http://www.thehelpline.org/sexual_health/ovulation.htm
Learn about what happens exactly during ovulation, and when you are most fertile.
- Period Central, from Kotex
- http://www.kotex.com/na/info/period/
May be biased, but useful info.
- Tampax Homepage
- http//www.tampax.com
A great resource page for finding the answers to any question about tampons.
- "Date Rape" Drug
- http://www.4woman.gov/faq/rohypnol.htm
Learn about rohypnol and how to stay safe.
- http://familydoctor.org/314.xml
Learn about getting medical attention, whether or not go to to the police, and how to get help and support.
- Sexual Assault and Harassment
- http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/reprorights/topic10.html
This site provides links to good sexual assault sites.
- The International Dyslexia Association: Teens
- http://www.interdys.org/servlet/teens
Learn about dyslexia and post messages on the bulliten board.
- National Attention Deficit Disorder Association - Teen's Area
- http://www.add.org/help/faqs.html
This site contains a lot of information for teens who have or are curious about ADHD.
- TeensHealth: Autism
- http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/learning/autism.html
Learn about autism and teens with autism.
Violence
- AcneNet
- http://www.skincarephysicians.com/acnenet/index.html
Learn how to take care of your skin, as well as some myths about acne.
- Skin Cancer: Preventing America's Most Common Cancer
- http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nscpep/skinpdfs/sknaag01.pdf
This pritable .pdf document is geared specifically for teens and provides information for preventing skin cancer.
- Children's Threats: When are they serious?
- http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/65.htm
Is someone you know making threats? Learn how to know and what to do.
- National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
- http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/teens.asp
Read about the different forms of violence that teens encounter, and learn how to help others and yourself.
- The Ophelia Project
- http://www.opheliaproject.org/main/resources_web.htm
Spreading rumors... whispering... ignoring... excluding... Learn about "relational agression," and the sneaky way that girls are mean to each other.
- TeensHealth: Dealing with Bullying
- http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/bullies.html
Learn what to do if you or a friend is being bullied.
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