Ridgeview Middle School

Diseases

• Communicable Disease Fact Sheets
• Fact Sheets - Virginia Department of Health
• Kids Click - Diseases
• MedLine Plus - National Institute of Health
• Center for Disease Control
• Alphabetic List of Specific Diseases/Disorders 
• BAM! Body and Mind 
• Kids' Health Problems 

Specific Diseases

Alzheimer's

• About Alzheimer's

African Sleeping Sickness

• Trypanosomiasis

Amoebic Dysentery

• Amoebiasis - Amoebic Dysentery

Anemia

• Just the Facts: Anemia

Aneurysm

•  Brain Aneurysm

Anthrax

• Anthrax - General Information
• Merck Manual - Bacillary Infections (scroll down for Anthrax)

Arthritis

• Rheumatology/Orthopedics - Virtual Hospital
• Managing Arthritis Pain

Asthma

• What is Asthma?

Arteriosclerosis

• Arteriosclerosis

Bacterial Pneumonia

• Bacterial Pneumonia

Botulism

• Botulism - General Information
• Botulism

Bubonic Plague

• The Black Death: Bubonic Plague
• Merck Manual - Bacillary Infections (scroll down for Bubonic Plague)
• The Black Death
• PBS Secrets of the Dead: Mystery of the Black Death
• Discovery Channel: The Black Death

Brucellosis

• Brucellosis
• Merck Manual - Bacillary Infections (scroll down for Brucellosis)
• Brucella Bacteria - Photo (check carefully - others also displayed)

Cat Scratch Disease

• Cat Scratch Disease (CSD)
• Cat Scratch Disease in Humans
• Merck Manual - Bacillary Infections (scroll down for Cat Scratch Disease)

Cerebral Palsy

• Cerebral Palsy

Chicken Pox

• Chicken Pox
• Facts About Chickenpox For Adults
• Varicella-Zoster Virus
• Chicken Pox - photo

Cholera

• Cholera - General Information

Cirrhosis of the Liver

• Cirrhosis of the Liver

Congestive Heart Failure

• Congestive Heart Failure

Dengue Fever

• Dengue Fever

Diabetes

• Basis Diabetes Information

Diptheria

• Facts About Diphtheria For Adults
• Diptheria - photo

Down's Syndrome

• Down's Syndrome

Epilepsy

• Epilepsy Facts

Emphysema

• Emphysema

Gas Gangrene

• Gas Gangrene

Gastroenteritis - Giardiasis

• Giardiasis
• Merck Manual - Parasitic Infections (scroll down for Giardiasis)

Hemophilia

•  Hemophilia

Impetigo

• Impetigo
• Impetigo Factsheet

Infectious Mononucleosis - Epstein-Barr Virus

• Epstein-Barr Virus
• Infectious Mononucleosis
• Merck Manual -Viral Infections (scroll down for Infectious Mononucleosis)

Legionnaire's Disease - Legionellosis

• Legionellosis
• Legiionellosis (Legionnaire's Disease)

Leishmaniasis

• Leishmania Infection
• Leishmaniasis

Leprosy

• Merck Manual - Leprosy

Lou Gehrig's Disease

• Facts About ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)

Lyme Disease

• Lyme Disease
• Merck Manual - Spirochetal Infections (scroll down for Lyme Disease)

Malaria

• Malaria
• Merck Manual - Parasitic Infections (scroll down for Malaria)

Measles - Rubeola

• Measles (Rubeola, Hard Measles, Red Measles)
• Measles (Rubeola, Hard Measles)
• Measles - Photo

Meningitis

• Bacterial Meningitis - General Information
• Viral (Aseptic) Meningitis

Mumps

• Facts About Mumps For Adults
• Mumps - photo

Muscular Dystrophy

• Neuromuscular Diseases
• Muscular Dystrophy Information

Multiple Sclerosis

• World of Multiple Sclerosis 

Osteoporosis

• Fast Facts on Osteoporosis
• Osteoporosis Overview

Parkinson's Disease

• Parkinson's Disease Facts

Polio

• Polio Research
• Polio - Photo

Rabies

• Rabies
• Merck Manual - Viral Infections (scroll down to rabies)

Relapsing Fever

• Relapsing Fever
• Merck Manual - Relapsing Fever

Ringworm

• Ringworm

Rocky Mountain  Spotted Fever

• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
• Merck Manual - Rickettsial Infections

Rubella

• Rubella
• Rubella

Salmonellosis

• Salmonellosis
• Salmonellosis - New York Deparment of Health

Scarlet Fever

• Strep Throat and Scarlet Fever 

Sickle Cell Anemia

• What is Sickle Cell Anemia

Small Pox

• Small Pox
• Smallpox Tutorial
• Smallpox - photo
• Smallpox - photo 

Stroke

• Stroke 1 - Stricken from Apparent Good Health
• Stroke 2 - Treatment and its Results
• Stroke 3 - The Long Road to Normality

Tetanus

• Merck Manual - Anaerobic Bacterial Infections
• Tetanus - Photo

Toxoplasmosis

• Toxoplasmosis - CDC - Fact Sheet
• Toxoplasmosis - March of Dimes, Fact Sheet

Tuberculosis

• Tuberculosis: A Global Emergency
• Merck Manual - Tuberculosis 

Typhoid Fever

• Typhoid Fever
• Merck Manual - Bacillary Infections

Typhus

• Typhus Fever (Flea-Borne)

Warts

• Warts

Whooping Cough - Pertussis

• Whooping Cough

Yellow Fever

• Yellow Fever