- 21. Wrinkles
- (Wrinkles)
- ... and texture, sun exposure is the major contributor to wrinkles. Environmental exposure, such as to heat, wind and dust, as well as smoking, also may contribute to wrinkling. If your wrinkles bother you, ...
- 22. Shanghai Has the Highest Cancer Rate in China
- (Shanghai Health)
- ... and our family with more updated knowledge to reduce our risk to the strict minimum. In fact, a newly emerging consensus holds that 85-90% of cancers are rooted in environmental or behavioral causes. ...
- 23. Diabetes
- (Diabetes)
- ... susceptibility and environmental factors, though exactly what those factors are is still unclear. Causes of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes In prediabetes — which can lead to type 2 diabetes — and in ...
- 24. Dry skin
- (Dry skin)
- ... group of disorders called ichthyosis — can sometimes be disfiguring, causing psychological distress. Fortunately, most dry skin results from environmental factors that can be wholly or partially controlled. ...
- 25. Is Your Child Vulnerable to Substance Abuse?
- (Substance Abuse)
- ... traits, certain social and environmental factors raise the odds that a boy or girl may be drawn to alcohol and controlled substances. Do any of the characteristics below apply to your child? The greater ...
- 26. Choosing a School
- (School)
- ... for greater safety. Inquire about other safety and environmental issues. Is there a nonsmoking policy in the school buildings? Are arts and crafts materials safe for children? Is ventilation adequate, ...
- 27. Physical Development of School Age Children
- (Puberty)
- ... children in a typical elementary school classroom range from 4 to 5 inches. A number of other factors—so-called environmental influences—can affect physical development as well. Nutrition is important ...
- 28. How to Understand Your Child's Temperament
- (Gradeschool)
- ... to concentrate or stay with a task, with or without distraction. Distractibility: the ease with which a child can be distracted from a task by environmental (usually visual or auditory) stimuli. ...
- 29. Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
- (Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) )
- ... and care providers — also will benefit from early treatment. There's no known clear cause of oppositional defiant disorder. Contributing causes may be a combination of inherited and environmental ...
- 30. Ocular rosacea
- (Ocular rosacea )
- ... The cause of ocular rosacea, like skin rosacea, is unknown, but it may be due to a combination of hereditary and environmental factors. A number of factors can aggravate rosacea, so they can aggravate ...
- 31. Obesity
- (Obesity)
- ... someone has a genetic predisposition, environmental factors ultimately make you gain more weight. Inactivity. If you're not very active, you don't burn as many calories. With a sedentary lifestyle, ...
- 32. Spina bifida
- (Spina bifida)
- ... feet, uneven hips and a curved spine (scoliosis) Doctors aren't certain what causes spina bifida. As with many other problems, it appears to result from a combination of genetic and environmental ...
- 33. Social and Environmental Obstacles During Toilet Training
- (Toilet Training)
- If your child’s pediatrician has ruled out physical causes for your child’s problems with toilet use, it is time to consider possible environmental factors. Your child’s daily interactions with you and ...
- 34. Increasing Confidence and Self-Esteem During Toilet Training
- (Toilet Training)
- ... depend on your child’s interest, your needs, and environmental requirements such as the need to use adult-style toilets more frequently outside the home.) When he needs to use the toilet away from home, ...
- 35. Getting Ready to Leave the NICU
- (Preemie)
- ... determine if your baby can hear. Environmental conditions, such as surrounding noise or a crying baby, can cause inconclusive results, however. If this happens, a retest should be scheduled in a more controlled ...
- 36. Bringing Baby Home: Preparing Yourself, Your Home, and Your Family
- (Preemie)
- ... where your baby spends time, such as in the car. The AAP Committee on Environmental Health has identified these problems with secondhand smoke exposure: decreased lung growth, decreased lung function, ...
- 37. Diapers: Disposable or Cloth?
- (Diapers & Clothing)
- ... Diaper Choice Diaper choice has been complicated in recent years by the debate on the environmental effects of diapers, mostly centered on the effects of disposable diapers on landfill space. Actually, ...
- 38. A Word on Wipes
- (Diapers & Clothing)
- Although we haven’t officially counted, there have to be about as many brands and types of wipes as there are tennis shoes—environmentally friendly all-natural wipes, scented and unscented, with aloe and ...
- 39. Kawasaki disease
- (Kawasaki disease)
- ... to bacteria, viruses or other environmental factors, but none has been proved. Certain genes may increase your child's susceptibility to Kawasaki disease. Three things are known to increase your child's ...
- 40. Multiple system atrophy (MSA)
- (Multiple system atrophy (MSA))
- ... atrophy. Some researchers are studying whether there's an inherited component or environmental toxin involved in the disease process, but there's no substantial evidence to support these theories. MSA ...
