Chronic Disease
Essays

A strange phenomena is occurring and affecting American girls in a unique manner, they are entering puberty earlier than ever recorded. Liz Szabo, in her article "Girls hit puberty earlier than ever, and doctors aren't sure why" discussed this topic and revealed not only the personal effects of this development but also a variety of possibilities as to why this is happening. But within the text of this enlightening article may lie the seeds to understanding this problem and developing a means to curb it.

The prevalence of childhood obesity has grown into a significant health issue over the past three decades. Research indicates that 70% of obese youths become obese adults (Gierzynski et al., 2010).

Light House is a full-service restaurant located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The restaurant features low-calorie, low-sodium, and a healthy selection of moderately priced food. Menu selections are influenced primarily by…

This study examines the outcome of patient-physician interaction on patient outcomes and specifically reviews six case studies and reports findings.

Krames Patient Education Online of the Washington Hospital Education System.

Home and Community-Based Waiver Services Program in Alaska

¶ … Disease of arthritis [...] differences between osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and their commonalities. Although there are many types of arthritis, these two are the most common.

Economic reform has brought many changes to China's rural economy in the past two decades, as reflected in a combination of rapid economic growth, rural industrialization, structural change, and sharp reductions in fertility. This dissertation evaluates the possible consequences of these changes on women's labor force participation. The first essay explores the impact of China's "one-child policy" on female work patterns through its possible effects on fertility. Early studies that took fertility behavior to be exogenous to female labor supply tended to find that fertility has a negative impact on female labor supply.

Addiction can be categorized in three ways as follows: social addiction, physical (physiological) addiction, or psychological (chemical) addiction (Knapp, 1996). Addiction to a substance typically stems from abuse of…

Diabetes is a disease that is characterized by hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar levels. The disease can affect anyone, including children as young as a few years old, and for the most part, the disease is self-managed.