Kids Health: Taking Care of Your Teeth

Life is all about choices, and a healthy life tends to involve a lot of healthy choices. Guide teenagers toward a life full of nutritious food, regular exercise, and responsible decisions with a series of lessons on healthy habits for...

When kids enter school, they often bring home new illnesses. Decode their symptoms, and help them to take care of themselves, with a fact sheet about the common cold. It delineates the symptoms one would experience as well as the signs...

Measure health as a triangle, with each side representing different aspects of health: physical, emotional/mental, and social. High schoolers complete a self-assessment of their health in all three areas before scoring their progress and...

Vision is something that can sometimes be taken for granted until a problem arises. Find out why taking care of your eyes is so important as well as procedure that insure proper eyesight.

Here you can find a 3-page article on how to keep the skin happy and healthy. Learn the best way to take care of your skin, as well as how to deal with and prevent skin problems and sun damage.

Stigma, shame, silence. A short, powerful video address why people don't take care of and seek help for their mental health and offers suggestions for what can be done.

This page for the huge KidsHealth site gives you a jumping-off point and an overview of the site's content, purpose, and usage. With sections for parents, kids, and teens, KidsHealth has been online since 1995 and today it is accessed...

The anatomy of the mouth and of teeth is described. An interactive diagram gives an excellent portrayal of the different types of teeth, and of the internal structure of a tooth. Health problems that can develop are also described.

Retainers can be worn after braces come off, or to fix a problem with a person's teeth without braces. They can also help with speech problems. Find out more about retainers, their purposes, how to be fitted for one, how to wear it, and...

As a guy goes through puberty, having someone else examine his testicles isn't normally considered as part of the deal. This site explains why it's important to start early in taking care of your reproductive body.