KidsHealth

1Managing Home Health Care
When kids need intensive health care after they're discharged from the hospital, it's important that family and caregivers learn about the devices, equipment, and support they'll need.

2When Your Baby's in the NICU
The neonatal intensive care unit may seem like a foreign place, but understanding what goes on there can help reduce your fears. Here's how to familiarize yourself with the NICU.

3CAT Scan: Head
A head CAT scan is a painless test that uses a special X-ray machine to take pictures of a patient's brain, skull, and sinuses, as well as blood vessels in the head. It might be done to check for any number of conditions.

4CAT Scan: Chest
A chest CAT scan is a painless test that uses a special X-ray machine to take black-and-white pictures of a patient's lungs, heart, blood vessels, airway passages, ribs and lymph nodes.

5What's the Deal With Dialysis?
Have you ever heard the word dialysis and wondered what it was? Find out in this article just for kids.

6Strength Training
Is working out with weights safe for teens? The best way to build muscle tone and definition is to combine aerobic and flexibility exercises with the right kind of strength training.

7Pilates
Pilates improves your mental and physical well-being, increases flexibility, and strengthens muscles. And with some pilates exercises, all you need is your body and a mat!

8healthy snacking
© 2006 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Reproduction permitted for individual classroom use. KidsHealth. org/classroom Grades 3 to 5 • Personal Health Series Healthy Snacking That jelly doughnut looks mighty tempting, but doughnuts and other snacks that are high in sugar and fat won’ t give you the energy you need to make it through your busy day! Use the following discussion questions and activities to help your students make healthy choices when selecting snacks. Related KidsHealth Links Articles for Kids: When Snack Attacks Strike KidsHealth. org/kid/nutrition/food/snack_ attack. …

9Word! Blood Glucose Meter
A blood glucose meter is a small, portable machine that's used to check how much glucose (a type of sugar) is in the blood (also known as the blood glucose level).

10Is It Dangerous to Run in the Heat?
Find out what the experts have to say.