WTHS IMC
......Where Every Student Succeeds in Health & Physical Education
Anatomy     Email the Experts     Physical Education
Diseases     General Medical Sites
Drug and Alcohol Info       Organizations

Diseases

 Cancer Net - maintained by the National Cancer Institute, this site contains a large collection of documents and research  information related to cancer and carcinogens.
OncoLink - An excellent source for information on cancer sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania's Cancer Center.
Mayo Clinic -your source of information on health issues from the doctors at the Mayo Clinic
InteliHealth - site is from Johns Hopkins and contains medical information on all topics
Genetic Diseases - information from the National Institute for Health

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General Medical Sites

MedicineNet - Excellent site for general information. It includes a medical dictionary, information on diseases and treatment, Ask the MD expert and the latest medical news. The site bills itself as the state of the art medical information.
National Library of Medicine - Extensive online information dealing with clinical care, toxicology, environmental health and basic biomedical research.
Food and Drug Administration
National Institute of Health
Healthfinder - Provides a gateway to more than 550 Web sites, including 200 federal and 350 state, local or university sites; the information is organized by subject for ease of searching.
American Medical Association - Excellent site with links to JAMA, current medical topics, Atlas of the Human Body and interactive health information and interactive fitness trainer.
WWW Virtual Library Pharmacy

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Organization Sites

American Heart Association
Arthritis Foundation
American Cancer Society

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Drug and Alcohol Information
Tobacco, Drugs and Alcohol, Drugs and Sports, Drugs and Music, Substance Abuse Prevention Programs

Alcohol and Drug Information - A fact sheet on domestic violence, alcohol and drugs from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information.
Information on Drugs - Information compiled by the organization for a Drug Free America
Web of Addictions - fact sheets - scroll down to access these
OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book - basic information on juvenile crime and victimization and on youth involved in the juvenile justice system
National Household Survey on Substance Abuse - statistics on alcohol, drug and tobacco use among youth - very good source of information
National Institute of Health - statistics, reports, fact sheets on drugs, tobacco and alcohol - this is an excellent site for information
Department of Justice - statistics on drugs, alcohol and tobacco; scroll down for this information
White House Drug Policy - current statistics on the prevalence and consequences of drug use, adjudication of drug offenders, projections, trafficking and distribution patterns, and relevant street terms
Federal Trafficking Penalties  from DEA
Blood Alcohol Levels - lists legal limits of blood alcohol

Tobacco, Drugs and Alcohol

Children and Tobacco - from the Food and Drug Administration
Alcohol Problems and Solutions - outstanding resource from alcohol advertising and binge drinking to medical reports.
National Institute of Health's Web Page on Alcohol - see FAQ and Quick Facts for statistics and economic costs of alcohol and drug abuse
DEA - Drugs of Concern - fact sheets on drugs
Drug Free America - fact sheets
Department of Justice - statistics on drugs, alcohol and tobacco; scroll down for this information
 The Effects of Drugs on the Nervous System - this is an excellent site for information on drugs and includes charts, graphs and links to other sites

Drugs and Sports

ESPN Drugs and Sports - this is an eight-part series by ESPN on drugs and their effects on sports and athletes

Substance Abuse Prevention Programs

Safe and Drug Free Schools

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E-Mail the Experts

Pitsco's Ask an Expert - Students can ask questions to experts in the fields of health, fitness, sports and medicine

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Anatomy

The Heart: An Online Tour - if you ever walked through the heart at the Franklin Institute then you know that this is an excellent site; take a virtual tour of the heart and watch movies of open heart surgery and listen to heart beats
Neuroscience for kids
Anatomy of the Human Ear - provides information on sound waves entering the ear with a cross section which shows the components of the human ear.
How hearing works - a series of animations depicting an ear's response to human waves.
The Tongue - diagram of the taste areas.
Tasting Tongue - click on different parts of the tongue to see which part taste the sweet and which tastes sour.
Neuroscience for Kids - diagrams of the nose
Neuroscience for kids - Smell
Touch Experiments
Neuroscience for Kids - describes the skins and its receptors
Urinary System - diagrams and how it works
Anatomy of the Eye - diagram of the eye
Eye Anatomy - function, structure and anatomy of the eye.
Anatomy of the Digestive System
The Endocrine System - description and diagrams
Endocrine System
Endocrine Web- Overview and definitions
Neuroscience for Kids - Explores the Nervous System
The Nervous System - explores the brain and the spinal cord
The Digestive System - Overview
Digestive System - How it works
Digestive System - diagram
Respiratory System - function
Respiratory System - description and diagram
Muscular System - Front View
Muscular View - Back View
Skeletal System - Front view
Skeletal System - Overview
Skeletal System - Photographs of skeletal system
Anatomy of the heart - function and terms
Heart - valves and function
Heart Function and Structure

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Physical Education

Cyber-Fitness
Medline Plus - specific information on drugs.
Shape Up America Fitness - fitness assessment tests and information on nutrition
Health Risk Assessment - Students answer a questionnaire and then are provided suggestions for how to improve their health
Body Mass Calculator - Helps you determine what your ideal weight is and what your proportional measurements should be.
Kid's Health - One of the best children's health sites on the Internet.
Dieters - A doctor's web site that gives personalized, specific advice about what you need to do to reach a diet goal.

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Sports

Minor League Baseball-Big League Fun - Information about the National Association of Professional Baseball leagues.
MLB@Bat - Official site of major league baseball, includes features, statistics, links to teams and leagues.
NBA.com - Official site of the National Basketball Association.
Sportquest - An index to sports information - links to sports, fitness and related topics.
Total Baseball Online - Site of the Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball.
WNBA.com - Official site of the Women's National Basketball Association.
Professional Golf - Official site of the PGA, includes links to site with golf information.
 National Soccer Coaches Association
Global Soccer Links
Cross Country Association

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