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Suicide Following Recovery From Brain Injury

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on addressing the potential for suicide following the recovery from brain injury and other non-communicable diseases, such as Lou Gehrig's disease.
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Kids Health: Do You Know About Sickle Cell Anemia?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Good basic explanation of what this disease is, how it affects people who have it, and what treatments doctors and nurses use to help.
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H Net: Castorbean History and Connection to Als

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a letter from a Graduate Student who believes he has discovered a connection between ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, and the Castor bean. The site also provides responses from scholars at various universities...
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Multiple Sclerosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Site offers helpful advice for relieving symptoms for patients living with Multiple Sclerosis. Discusses: causes, risk factors, independence, treatment, and more.
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Ck 12: Life Science: Diabetes

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Diabetes is a non-infectious disease in which the body is unable to control the amount of sugar in the blood. People with diabetes have high blood sugar, either...
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Aplastic Anemia and Myelodysplasia Association of Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site you can research to understand aplastic anemia. You can also learn about the Association itself in what it's goals are.