infections

When she is sidelined by an ear infection, Julia Nam, the youngest member of the Vipers Swim Team, is desperate to get back in pool. When she goes behind her parents' backs to do so, she gets into hot water.

Explores how a wound can turn into a staphylococcal infection.

"Learn about different diseases that affect the skin, such as measles and the chicken pox"--Provided by publisher.

"Learn about different diseases that affect the skin, such as measles and the chicken pox"--Provided by publisher.

The summer before entering sixth grade, Sammy, who was bright and inquisitive, suddenly began to exhibit disturbing behavior. He walked with his eyes shut, refused to bathe, and used his limbs instead of his hands to touch doorknobs and faucets. Diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive behavior (OCD), and later Tourette's Syndrome, Sammy slipped further from reality. But his mother refused to accept the diagnosis and her research took her to the medical community's raging debate whether mental illness can be caused by infection.

Explains what an ear infection is, its symptoms, how kids get them, treatment and prevention, and other possible causes of ear pain.

Describes various types of rashes with information on how they affect people, how they spread, and how to treat them, including some rashes associated with childhood diseases.

Follows a team of scientists as they try to save Panamanian golden frogs, which began to disappear fifteen years ago, and looks at the reasons behind their decline.