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Provides information about diabetes, explaining what it is, why it occurs, different types of the disease, its treatment, and how diabetic patients should care for themselves at home and school.

Traces the history of gangs with emphasis on present-day street gangs, discussing their inner workings, increased violence, and the struggle to keep them under control.

An overview of the history, uses, and testing phases of prescription drugs. Includes laws protecting the consumer and FDA regulations.

Describes aspects of rivers and lakes, including their history, benefits to humanity, pollution, and conservation.

Discusses how planes fly, the history of flight, the first airlines, occupations involving aeronautics, contemporary commercial flights, and other aspects of planes.

Describes how various groups, such as the Inuit, Bedouin, and Tuareg, move around from place to place with their families and animals.

Discusses such aspects of farming as commercial farms that use machines, small farms in undeveloped countries, food crops and what happens to them, factory farming, and dairy farming.

Defines anorexia and bulimia and explains the causes, side-effects, and treatment of these eating disorders.

Discusses the psychological aspects of peer pressure and presents situations illustrating how peer pressure can influence a young person's actions.

Examines humanity's efforts to move from one place to another on wheels, concentrating on the development of cars, trucks, and railroads.