Children and young people
Children and young people with mental health problems, information from the Mental Health Foundation Mental health problems in children and young people are common. Children and young people who experience mental health problems usually find the ... [... more]
Mental Health Foundation |
Cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is the commonest inherited disorder in the UK. One in every 2,500 babies is born with cystic fibrosis. One in twenty-five people carry the defective recessive gene. It affects more than 7,500 babies, children and young adults in ... [... more]
NHS Direct |
Roxane Orgill
Roxane Orgill is the author of a number of notable books for children and young adults, including the recent Footwork: The Story of Fred and Adele Astaire. She has also been an award-winning music critic whose reviews and articles have appeared ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Carla Jablonski
Carla Jablonski has edited and written dozens of best-selling books for children and young adults. She is also an actress, a playwright, and a trapeze artist, and has performed extensively in Scotland and in New York City. A lifelong resident of ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Gary Crew from HarperCollins Publishers
Gary Crew is the author of many books for children and young adults, including First Fight and The Watertower, both of which were named Children's Book Council of Australia Books of the Year for Children's Illustrated Books. This is Mr. Crew's ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Award-winning author Susan Beth Pfeffer, has written over sixty books for children and young adults. She began her career in 1970, with the publication of her first book, Just Morgan, which she wrote her last semester at New York University. Ms. ... [... more]
Random House |
M.C. Helldorfer
M.C. Helldorfer has written numerous books for children and young adults. She lives in Baltimore with her husband, Bob, and her cat, Puck. Yvonne Gilbert is a fine artist and illustrator who has created many covers and jackets for children's ... [... more]
Random House |
Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman is the acclaimed author of the His Dark Materials trilogy: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. His other books for children and young adults include Count Karlstein and a trilogy of Victorian thrillers ... [... more]
Random House |
Glomerulonephritis in children
Glomerulonephritis, in which inflammation affects the efficiency of the kidneys' filtering systems, is most common among children and young adults. Treatments and prognosis depend on the cause and how severe the damage is. Glomerulonephritis is ... [... more]
BBC |
Arthritis useful contacts
General Children and young people Specialist organisations Equipment Arthritis Care aims to promote the health, wellbeing and independence of people with arthritis through services, support, self-help, information and influence. It has over 500 ... [... more]
BBC |
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Arthritis is not the sole privelege of the older person - some types solely affect children and young people. About one in 1,000 children has arthritis. Usually it's a form of inflammatory arthritis known as juvenile idiopathic arthritis or JIA ... [... more]
BBC |
Children and adolescents
Working to improve care and services for all children in the UK with life-threatening or terminal conditions, and their families. Raises funds for children and young people affected by cancer, providing grants and holiday breaks. A non-profit ... [... more]
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