The information is located within the well-indexed pages of a few choice health gateway sites produced and maintained by hospitals, universities, and major health organizations. So you will have to bookmark them. The KidsHealth.org site was created by physicians and educators at the nonprofit Nemours Foundation of the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington. In fact, patients are finding their way to duPont Hospital through the Internet. All articles go through a rigorous medical review process, to make sure the information is absolutely correct and current.
Articles are clear, conversational, illustrated and inviting.
Among the nonemergency offerings are tips for dealing with sleep problems, allergies, infections, and how to find support groups for conditions ranging from allergies to Tourette's syndrome. We've learned a lot about what teens are thinking and that determines the articles we assign to our writers. In the Kids Only Closet, children will find health-related games and healthful recipes. They can explore animations of how their bodies work. Articles detail the functions of the various body parts or sensitively cover death, divorce, eating disorders, hyperactivity, menstruation, puberty, new babies and depression.