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What are allergies?
What happens when you have an asthma attack?
I'm going on vacation in a different country, but I'm worried about how good the water and food
will be. What should I do to take care of myself?
What's motion sickness?
Why do people vomit when they get it?
Why do I sometimes get cold sores in my mouth? Are
they really related to stress?
Can stress really hurt you physically?
Or is it all in the mind?
How do pain relievers work?
How can swallowing a little pill make pain in different parts of my body go away?
When I went to the doctor, she did all these weird things like thump me on the back and listen
to me breathe.
How come?
My grandmother told me she has high blood pressure. What does
that mean?
How can poison ivy make me itch so much?
Uh-oh! I think I just touched some poison ivy! What do I do now?
What's Lyme disease
? And why do I have to worry about it if I hike out in the field today?
Do I have to worry about getting a sunburn if it's cloudy
outside? How about if I'm swimming?
What happens when we get headaches?
Sometimes I sit down to a meal and I'm just not hungry. And then my parents say, "You've
got to eat!" What I want to know is how come?
Ooooooou-ch! My skin hurts! I have a sunburn! What is
it? Why'd I get it? Can anyone get it? How can I not get it? And do worms get it, too?
I see all these commercials on television that ask: ARE YOU REGULAR? Listen, I don't poop every
day, sometimes not for a couple of days -- so am I regular?
Is something wrong with me?
Is cigarette smoking more harmful to kids than adults?
All fall I've been sneezing. My nose drips snot all day, my eyes water -- in fact, I'm a mess.
My doctor says I have "allergies." What does that really mean?
What's the difference between the flu and a common cold?
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