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19 & Under
2007
Our website is about epidemiology – the science of discovering causes of an outbreak in a population, and ways to manage it. Discover the importance of epidemiology in everyday life, and learn to be a disease deteective our interactive games, animations, comics, case-studies, quizzes, interviews, photos and much more!
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2003
SARS: An Open Scar, developed by a team of students from four different continents, provides an insight into the SARS epidemic in a simple and interactive environment. It aims to provide detailed information on the SARS outbreak, the virus, and prevention measures. It also provides amazing pictures, interactive quizzes and puzzles, in-depth case studies and interviews from those directly affected.
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2003
A website that introduces tuberculosis - a deadly, widespread and old yet neglected epidemic, gives accounts of its present situation, history, symptoms, trasmitting media, diagnosises, treatments, preventions and so on. After visiting our website, your knowledge of tuberculosis will surely increase.
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Finalist
2000
"Growing Up With Epilepsy" is a kid friendly exploration of epilepsy from both a personal and scientific point of view. The site explains what epilepsy is, how it's treated, as well as Alyssa's personal experiences. The site is interactive as visitors with epilepsy are invited to share their experiences on the message board and pose questions to Alyssa and Daniel as well as their medical advisors. Daniel and Alyssa explain the genetics and the biochemistry of epilepsy so that children can understand not only epilepsy, but how the brain normally functions. Multimedia features include a movie of Alyssa's visit with her neurologist and an animated neuron. Tests to diagnose epilepsy are explained and illustrated. Children are given tips on how to protect themselves from brain injury that could cause epilepsy.
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Finalist
2000
Many people are afraid to talk about AIDS and HIV. This website provides information on how to prevent acquiring AIDS or HIV, how people acquire these viruses, and how HIV or AIDS positive mothers can protect their babies from these deadly diseases. It also tells what AIDS and HIV do in the body. You will also find out about how people live with AIDS, and you will find out about medicines that help people with AIDS try to live normal lives. After you see the whole website you can quiz yourself on AIDS and find out how you rate, or you can unscramble some AIDS related words.
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Winner
1998
All around us, everywhere, are little "monsters" like ticks and mites. They can cause all sorts of problems like allergies and Lyme's disease, and also transmit meningitis. Find out if you live in an area at risk for any of these beasts. Read about what to do it you're bitten. And if you're really brave look at some monster pictures taken with an electron microscope--scary! This site is in English, Dutch and Magyar.
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Winner
1998
Welcome to our project about Down syndrome. We decided to pick this topic because one of the members of our group -Elijah - has Down syndrome. We wanted to learn more about what causes it.
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Winner
1998
Learn all about the basics of viruses, their evolutionary history, their discovery, what vaccines have been developed, and how they may evolve in the future. Find out how viruses infect and how you can prevent infection. Examine profiles of diseases caused by viruses: polio, measles, AIDs, ebola, smallpox, and more. The threat of military and terrorist uses of viruses as biological weapons is also studied at this excellent site.
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Winner
1997
What's an epidemic? What causes them? Can they be prevented? These questions and more are answered at this web site whose goal is to educate visitors about diseases that affect large numbers of people around the world. Which bacteria and viruses cause disease and the four ways harmful organisms enter the body are discussed. The highlight of this site is a map providing a dramatic view of various historical epidemics as they spread across the world.
About this site
2009
Water is the most vital stuff we need as human being, considering how sick we will feel without enough water.
Drinking water is the best way to cure us from any sickness and to keep us healthy under the heat of the sun. But, how can it cure sickness if the water we drink is not clean and hygiene anyway?
Well, it has been a long problem and matter for scientists about how to provide safe drinking water all around the world and even in some of the tropical areas or in the rather hot place. But, it is still difficult to handle since they do not get enough upport from the government.
Anyway, can't we really solve the matter?
We hope this project can lead people in the world to pay more attention for those who are in need of safe drinking water.
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2009
Awareness regarding Dental and oral hygiene is necessary for people. Our project is an effort to create oral health awareness and motivate people to inculcate preventive self-care habits.
About this site
2008
Asthma Advisor is intended to make available resources to the general public on the topic of asthma. The purpose of this is to encourage and raise awareness of the issue and to urge collective action towards its mitigation and elimination in the global effort. Asthma Advisor is but the first step on a long journey.
About this site
2008
The website was made to educate people of all ages about diabetes. The website includes recipes and interesting facts on the causes and forms of diabetes.
About this site
2008
Our site is about expanding diseases that effect animals and human beings. We have decided to focus our topic on four specific diseases: anthrax, SARS, the Bubonic plague, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy from prion diseases. This webpage is for people ages 16 and up due to graphical pictures.
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2007
It is a website with information dedicated to Aids transmission.
About this site
2007
Our site is about leukemia, a cancer that effects people of all ages.Our site was created as a information guide to teen about leukemia.
About this site
2007
This website is designed exclusively to cover some of the greatest breakthroughs in medical history throughout the world, ranging from various ethnicities and cultures.
About this site
2007
The sun has good and bad effects on people and their environment. Good effects include plant life, energy, vitamin D and photosynthesis. Bad effects caused by the sun include skin cancer, heat stroke, dehydration and climate change. Crosswords and a word game are also on this webpage.
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2007
humen vs virus
About this site
2007
Our website is about HIV/AIDS and STDS The different types of diseases that are related to HIV/AIDS and STDS. The information on our website is to inform teens and other people such as adults about the risk of HIV/AIDS and STDS. We want people to know the chances of getting HIV/AIDS and STDS.
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2006
This is a discussion of stages of epidemics, types of epidemics, and solutions for epidemics.
About this site
2006
We offer informations about epilepsy and how it develops at children. We also provide informations about medication, symptomes, factors and first aid.
About this site
2006
How does cancer effect the live of young people. How can you help your friends ho have to cope with cancer. because they have a relative or friend who has cancer. Or because they have it them self. It helps when you know more about cancer your self. And remeber: cancer is not always the end.
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2006
This site is about shoes, including the health problems that can be caused by shoes and historical facts about shoes.
About this site
2006
The site generates in the younger audience an awareness that diabetes could as easily affect them as much as their more senior counterparts. It advocates maintaining a healthy lifestyle as well as both corrective and preventive measures against the disease.
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2003
This is a site about the CDC, the kinds of diseases it studies and the drugs they work with.
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Finalist
2001
Our website is about three of the most serious diseases; cancer, diabetes, and epilepsy. You will come face to face with a girl named Andrea, who suffers from diabetes. You can read about us the webmasters and take a quiz on the illnesses. You can click on links to read real kids stories. We hope you enjoyed our website.
About this site
2000
This project is talking about the most common diseases in the world --- stroke, heart disease and lung cancer. It gives an explanation on how these diseases are formed, prevented, and how to cure these diseases.
About this site
2000
Do you know anyone who has diabetes? I bet you didn't know that you needed to know a little bit about math if you want to help them! At our site you will learn general info about diabetes, and you will learn about the math involved with it.
About this site
2000
The site is about immunity. Immunity, its types, its components, the associated diseases and disorders, such as AIDS and Cancer are explored. Advice on how to develop a high functioning immune system is very helpful to all who want to be healthy.
About this site
2000
Killers in the Playground.
With the number of kids drinking from bubblers, cutting themselves, or sneezing , schools are a dangerous place, where diseases may be easily caught.
This page is to help identify diseases which may be caught in Australia. These diseases can be lethal and more people need to know how to prevent these diseases from occuring. Hopefully visiting this internet page will make preventions and cures well known to people who come to Australia and could catch these diseases.
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2000
This site will talk about the Black Death in Europe.
About this site
2000
This site tells about the Black Death in Europe.
About this site
1999
We want other people to learn all about Aids and HIV -
especially kids. We want them to learn what it's like
for kids who have AIDS and HIV. We also want you to learn
how you can get AIDS and how you can't get it. After
visiting our site, kids will understand the causes and
treatments for AIDS and HIV.
About this site
1999
The current entry presents an illustrated-educational page for the infants who are sick with Enuresis (bed-wetting). Users will be able to look after the processes that occur in the human's body at these moments and change them, as they like. They will be able to introduce with the functions of all the main organs, which take place in these processes. To understand easily the current of the process, the entry will present a simple game. With its help it will be easier for little patients to understand the materials and the game will affect on them psychically.
About this site
1999
AIDS alle soglie del Terzo Millennio - is a research performed by two girls during their holidays & free time, collecting info & news from libraries, hospitals, clinics, interviewing sick people. Its target is to let people know what AIDS is, and fight against the virus and prejudices by willful, political lines, knowledge. The girls learned HTML language just to create a web site to publish their work, reaching the most people is possible.
About this site
1999
Our Web page is designed to help people better understand what Aids/HIV really is. We have information on what Aids is, living with Aids, the Hiv test, these help you to understand what Aids/Hiv is and how to better cope with it.
About this site
1999
Our topic is cancer. We chose cancer because we thought it would teach people a lot about what cancer is or how it starts, and how it affects people. This has lots of information that people can learn from. We have pictures that show people what happens to their lungs when they smoke and get cancer. There are lots of different web pages to learn from. We hope that the people that smoke or have cancer that look at our web page will either quit smoking or try to have some kind of treatment to try to get healthy. For the people that don't have cancer or smoke will go to the doctor more to check and see if they have cancer. If they do we suggest that they dont give up and try to get some kind of treatment.
About this site
1999
We worked about on the structure of the eye, and by collecting information we found much about about the disease of the eye. We also got to know the importance of mankind's eye. Also we got to know more about the effects of the eye, and had a chance to inform to more people about the solutions to these problems.
About this site
1999
In a brainstorming session, the students came up with the idea of doing a site on Prader-Willi Syndrome. Their fellow classmate and friend, Kelsey, has the disease, and little was known about it. The students thought this was a good way to learn and to teach others about this disease. The students would like to incorporate this project into Prader-Willi awareness week which is April 24 through May 2, 1999.
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1999
We want to tell people about the dangers of lung cancer and how to recognize symptoms of possible cancer.
About this site
1999
Our web page, Race for the Cure, was inspred by the question, "What are scientists and you doing to help unlock the cure to incurable diseases". We are interested in medical sciences and wanted to know more about AIDS, Cancer, and Polio. I believe that anyone who reads our web page learns many different things from fun facts to what the experts are doing to improve our future. Our web page features a guest book, counter, information, fun games to play afterwards, and a dictionary of difficult words the readers may not know. All of theses things, plus many more help make our web page a great place to go to learn and have a good time.
About this site
1999
The main theme of our website is skin cancer. We cover the different types of skin cancer, some statistics on skin cancer, and preventative measures you can take to prevent skin cancer. A skin cancer word search is included for the fun of the viewer.
About this site
1999
The Adrenal Crisis is a very serious medical condition. It requires urgent and immediate medical intervention as a life saving measure, otherwise death is a likely consequence. Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) is one of several medical diseases that can lead to an Adrenal Crisis. This genetic condition is quite rare and there is no known cure at present. Ongoing research in gene therapy is the nearest hope for a possible cure. The Adrenal Crisis and Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia website gives a detailed, yet simplified, and graphically entertaining explanation about an Adrenal Crisis and one of its triggers, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. It is easily accessible and simple to navigate. We want this website to create an awareness about An Adrenal Crisis and one of its triggers: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. An Adrenal Crisis can happen to anybody. Anytime. It can KILL. Be prepared. Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia can trigger an Adrenal Crisis.
About this site
1999
"The BioHazard Zone" is about how infectious diseases are transmitted and treated, as well as their signs and symptoms. Sections include a brief history of mankind's fight against microbes, their triumphs and defeats. The "Photos" gallery showcases the "faces" of the microbes.
"The Cast" will give you a basic understanding of the three important types of microbes: bacteria, viruses and protozoa
Bioterrorism, Emerging and reemerging diseases, drug resistance are current issues about the microbes. Visitors are provided with basic medical knowledge so that if they are "down" with certain symptoms, they might have an idea of what the symptoms mean (although medical help should definitely be sought).Languages: English.
About this site
1999
Many people die of different types of cancer every year. Visitors can examine the causes of cancer, the differences between a normal cell and a cancerous cell, and the treatment of cancer. Cell Warfare aims to provide people a further understanding of the major killer around the world ---cancer. Languages: English.
About this site
1999
The human virus, a mystifying, perplexing organism, is the focus of this site. Information on our immune system, virus attacks, controlling virus and the details of specific types of virus are provided. Explored are questions on the differences between virus and cells and whether virus is a non living or living thing. A summary list of information on plant and animal cells is included. A virtual microscopic gallery of various types of virus, articles and updates are part of this fascinating site. Be assured the complicated technical terms which are for professional researchers will be avoided ---this site is in our language! Language: English.
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1999
"The Three Most Deadliest Diseases" is an educational and informative site, constructed and engineered to the exact specifications of the five previously listed students, to spread awareness to a growing problem that affects today's society. Our group, consisting of five members, researched and studied each individual disease: 1) Cardiovascular 2) Cancer 3) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, then constructed the site, and finally put the two together. Our goal was to inform our peers on the importance of understanding the three deadliest diseases, so that if they would ever come upon someone who was diagnosed with one of the diseases, they could easily relate.
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1999
Unique Health Conditions of Animals is a site where students will learn about different types of diseases in pets. They will also know more about some of the dangers and hardships people go through with their pets.
About this site
1999
This website was designed to create easy awareness on tuberculosis the disease. It was created so that people can see the true danger of tuberculosis in this day and age and the current threats that it is posing.
About this site
1999
This entry discusses deadly viruses. The team researched
four viruses. We also included use of some viruses in
biological warfare. The educational objectives of this
website are to familiarize other students with information
on our four viruses and the use of viruses as biological weapons.
This a non-technical look at how viruses can affect the
human body.
About this site
1998
Want to get a tan this summer? This entry wants you to think again, because the sun is a major danger in the development of skin cancer. Explanations of what ultraviolet-A, UV-B, and UV-C rays are and what they do to the skin are discussed, as well as the various methods of treatment. The bibliography gives print and online sources.
About this site
1997
Site users with lower-level computer operating systems may find they cannot take full advantage of this resource. However, even in the text-based version, the site contains much useful information. It spotlights over 50 different diseases and ailments and provides information about each disease, its symptoms, and treatment. Links to major associations, such as the American Diabetes Association, are very helpful. The site is in English and Spanish.
About this site
1997
Find out what a virus looks like and is made of, who discovered them, and how they invade their prey. Prepare for a virus attack by learning about the body's defense strategies against a take-over by these sneaky organisms which aren't quite living, and aren't quite dead! There's also useful information on how the AIDS virus works, but the links section is under construction.
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1997
What health hazards are caused by ticks? Learn the biology of ticks (behavior, morphology, reproduction, and ecology) and how to prevent tick-related diseases. Maps of affected areas, and a question and answer section are included. A keyword search section provides links to other information. The sire is available in German and English.
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1997
What is a virus and how can you protect yourself? Get your questions answered by experts via this educational site. Ebola, smallpox, mono, and mad cow disease are covered, as well as the common cold. For each virus there is information concerning symptoms, diagnosis, and a history of the disease. A glossary of terms is included, as well as links to other sites.
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1996
Do you know an antigen from an antibody? Find out by taking the pre-test. Then you can read more about your immune system and how it is affected by the viruses that cause polio, rubella, flu, MS, and AIDS. Learn the symptoms viruses and how they are spread. Then see if you've learned your B cells from your T cells by taking the final test provided.
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