Precocious puberty

Josie’s family received death threats. In an effort to rectify the situation and ensure the family safety, the military sent the family to Arizona. Vanessa, Josie’s mother began home schooling Josie and taking her to a supportive psychologist. As puberty approached, Josie became anxious about changing into a full woman. Surgery was not an option before Josie’s eighteenth birthday and hormonal therapy carried many risks for a nine (9) year old child. Vanessa worried about her child’s mental…

extraordinary characters, just how harmful the effects of hormones are on the humans who come into contact with them, no matter the form they take on. From Jane’s infertility, to Purcell Dawes’ physical changes, and finally Rosie Dunn’s early onset of puberty, Ozeki clearly demonstrates the harm the meat industry has done on people. Though she didn’t make that same documentary as Jane, she authored an incredible book with just as powerful of an…

receptor antagonistic properties (a steroid hormone blocker). In males with mothers who were exposed to DDT, the males suffered from reproductive defects. In females exposed to DDT, there was an increased number of cases of endometriosis and precocious puberty (Turusov, Rakitsky, Tomatis, 2002). DDT is believed to have other reproductive effects on humans. One of the important studies showing this was done by JA Nelson in 1974 and reviewed by a group of Russian scientists (Turusov, Rakitsky,…

Neurofibromatosis Type 1 is the most frequent autosomal dominant neurogenesis disorder in the United States known today. Considering that school problems are the single most common complication of NF1 that effects the patients’ everyday learning environment entirely (Tonsgard 1, School Problems), neurofibromatosis is a severe genetic disorder that cannot be cured. Neurofibromatosis patients tend to obtain learning disabilities and developmental abnormalities due to brain tumors, attention…

Old Enough I believe sex education should be taught starting in the fifth grade in order to help prevent or reduce early sexual promiscuity and child sexual abuse, to avoid incidents of pregnancies and diseases, and to discourage intolerance of sexual minorities. All of these issues are associated with mental and physical health complications as well as socioeconomic complexities that are essential knowledge to achieve levels of civic effectiveness that this nation requires of its citizens.…

Exploring 30-day children?s readmission rate in a general hospital. K van Driel1*, GS de Wolf2, R. van Schaik3 1 Division woman and child, Diakonessenhuis Utrecht, the Netherlands 2Department of clinical methods and Public Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 3Division woman and child, Diakonessenhuis Utrecht, the Netherlands * Corresponding author: K van Driel, Division Woman and Child Diakonessenhuis…