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Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
The Medikidz take Raj on a trip through the human body to better understand how Crohn's disease/colitis affects the body and how he can manage it, in this audiobook version of our award-winning comic book Understanding Crohn's Disease.
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In this book, an expert team of pediatric gastroenterologists explains the symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments associated with Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis, and indeterminate colitis to help parents and children cope with the challenges of IBD. Also provides parents with practical advice on ho…
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This book is written specifically for parents, teachers, and all school personnel who work with children living with congenital heart disease. It provides detailed, practical suggestions for developing strong, supportive relationships between parents and teachers.
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This illustrated easy-to-read book is a tool to explain Mitochondrial disease to the people in your community: in your child's classroom, with neighbors, extended family members and friends. About children with all degrees of abilities, it helps them understand the variable issues that children wit…
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A hands-on introduction to a topical and currently important subject. It explains the way viruses spread, where they come from and how they work, answering a children's questions with fun, interactive flaps.
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What are germs? Where do they live and how do they spread? It's time to take a closer look in this introduction to germs and hygiene, with 30 flaps to flip and tips on hand washing and staying healthy.
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Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. Explains what happens inside the body when a person has chronic kidney disease. Also explains how treatments work, and why eating healthy food is important.; Ages 7-12
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Written by a nurse, dietitian and clinical pharmacist, this book provides information about how to get diagnosed, manage your symptoms, and adjust to living a gluten-free lifestyle. Includes how to: eat gluten free and avoid hidden glutens, especially in common medications; prevent the most prevale…
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Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. Explains how sickle cell disease affects the body, and how treatments work.
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This webpage provides free educational brochures about all aspects of living with IBD such as basic information, disease complications, pregnancy, treatment and research, and more.; Note: This is a US resource. Visit https://crohnsandcolitis.ca/ for Canadian information.
This booklet is for teens with IBD to use as a quick reference guide. It includes information on IBD, worksheets, and a discussion guide to help you speak to healthcare professionals and other people in your life.; Note: This is a US resource. Visit https://crohnsandcolitis.ca/ for Canadian informa…
This comic book follows Pete through diagnosis with IBD and how he navigates through medical appointments, school, and other social activities. Through Pete's experiences, this comic answers questions that children might have after being diagnosed with Crohn's or colitis. It also includes resources…
The IBD Journey will strengthen your knowledge of living with Crohn?s and colitis. Here you will find information, strategies and tips to help manage your disease and make informed decisions with health care providers.
Diet is a huge priority for anyone living with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. The authors provide crucial guidance for families, friends and caregivers too in helping to manage IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) symptoms.; This updated second edition, in a very informative and easy-to-underst…
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Young people may be deeply disturbed by the uncomfortable feelings brought on by gas pains, diarrhea, cramping,loss of appetite plus, the inability to sleep. The amusing dialogue and cartoons in this book will appeal to young people, and will add to their knowledge of the cause and treatment of the…
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Put the pleasure back into eating with The Quiet Gut Cookbook, a delicious solution for those who want to avoid a lifetime of bland meals. Suitable for sufferers of IBS, IBD, or Celiac disease, the low-FODMAP diet relieves common IBS symptoms and reduces digestive distress. The Quiet Gut Cookbook o…
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The children of people with chronic illness and pain suffer quietly. "Why Does Mommy Hurt?" is a joyful, yet honest, portrayal of family life burdened with chronic illness. This is a delightful story told by a young boy learning to understand and cope with his mother's illness. The story creates na…
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The pamphlet for inpatient families provides information on what a gastrointestinal endoscopy/colonoscopy is, and how your child's care team will prepare them for the procedure.
This dynamic plan will help the whole family kick-start their health and wellness and set the stage for long-term, lasting improvements in nutrition, fitness, sleep, stress, and screen use habits. Establish a baseline and goals, create routines and healthy habits, and learn strategies for overcomin…
This activity book includes comics on life with IBD, games, coping strategies, and places to record information about your symptoms and your care.; For children aged 8-12.; Note: This is a US resource. Visit https://crohnsandcolitis.ca/ for Canadian information.
Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. Explains what hemophilia is, how infusion factors help, and what you can do to help stay healthy.; Ages 7-12
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Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. Explains what how teens with hemophilia can take charge of their health. Discusses transition to an adult health care team.; Ages 13-17
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Written in an approachable, engaging style, this book takes a detailed and sometimes humorous look at how to have a healthy, happy lifestyle. Readers are given advice about healthy eating and exercise; managing the pressures of the teenage years; how to get enough sleep, navigate friendships and re…
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Explains the heart catheterization procedure, including why your child may need it, what to expect during the procedure, how to prepare, and what to do after the procedure.
This pamphlet answers some of the most commonly asked questions about mastitis. (Mastitis is an infection of the breast tissue and/or milk ducts.)
Learn how to clean your child's skin with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) wipes.
Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. Explores how infections work, and explains hand hygiene.
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Lift the flaps to discover the microscopic world of germs - bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa. Find out what these tiny living things are, how they can make you ill, how your body fights them and what vaccines and antibiotics do to help, as well as some of the useful things they do for us, such…
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Describes the VCUG test, that lets doctors see your child's bladder, kidneys, and ureters. Explains how the test works, what to expect, and how to prepare and support your child.
This thoughtful book explores happiness, sadness, anger, fear and worry in a friendly and approachable way. Adorable animal characters experience different emotions, while imaginative flaps answer important questions such as 'Why don't I feel happy all the time?' and 'How can I cheer up my friend?'…
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Help your child better understand how food fuels and effects our bodies! This book uses color and fun presentation to communicate nutritional information in a fun and eye-catching way. Kids learn to see their food as more than just taste, learning things like which foods will make you sleepy, how t…
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Information about the food challenge test to determine if your child is allergic to a specific food.
The jackdaw wants all his friends to come to his party, but when he calls out his invitation the animals just touch their heads. Why won't they answer? And what do their actions mean? Luckily a brown owl can help him with the puzzle!; This book about friendship and sign language was created by Gruf…
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Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races), friends with super strength (who can dangle from the monkey bars for hours), and friends who are better than her at a million other things. Nalvana thinks she must be…
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This pamphlet provides information on Developmental Dysplasia of the hip
This book introduces the digestive system and shows how food slips and slides through the body.
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For boys: This book describes what will happen to your body during puberty. It will explain some of your feelings too.
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For girls: This book describes what will happen to your body during puberty. It will explain some of your feelings too.
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This picture book introduces young readers to the concept of thoughts and how our thoughts are linked to feelings. By helping children explore how our thoughts create our feelings, we also learn to make choices that help us to manage our feelings (e.g., self-regulate based on our personal goals) a…
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There is a lot of misinformation thrown around these days, especially online. Headlines tell us to do this, not that---all in the name of living longer, better, thinner, younger. In Hype, Dr. Nina Shapiro distinguishes between the falsehoods and the evidence-backed truth. In her work at Harvard and…
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This book introduces a young child to the concept of how babies grow. Every month the life-size drawings give parent and child amopportunity to explore how big the baby is in comparison to everyday objects, along with providing information about the umbilical cord, the womb, and the baby’s developm…
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Learn about safe exercises that are recommended when you are on reduced activity during pregnancy.
This book provides an overview the history of birth control, the risks and benefits of contraception, the role of menstruation, and the future of birth control. The goal of this book is to provide accurate, unbiased scientific information about contraception in the context of women's lived experien…
Fully updated with the latest American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for the treatment and care of individuals with ADHD, this award-winning guide offers parents balanced, reassuring information to help them understand and manage this challenging and often misunderstood condition. Topics co…
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What You See is Not How I Feel is a visually simple overview of how living with Chronic Fatigue feels. It opens conversation, clears misperceptions, and encourages understanding rather than judgement. Appropriate for children, adults, and professionals, and those with similar chronic illnesses; Fib…
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This book answers common questions about eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder, as well as a newly described condition, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Practical yet authoritative, the book defines the eating disorders, explains …
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What Happens When a Kid Has Cancer is a book written with purpose of relieving the anxiety and confusion that comes from a child's cancer diagnosis and treatment.; What Happens When a Kid Has Cancer covers the main points of pediatric cancer, what it is and what the experience of treatment is like,…
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This pamphlet looks at what a Central Venous Line (CVL) is, how it works, and why your child might need one. It also explains how doctors put a CVL in.
In Simplified Chinese, provides helpful tips and exercises pregnant women can do when on bedrest.