Smoking cigarettes starts during adolescence. Some adolescents may stop smoking cigarettes having taken it as an experiment during adolescence, but...

Smoking is a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease, says the World Health Organisation. According to their figures, it is r...

Smoking is a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease, says the World Health Organisation. According to their figures, it is r...

The Office of the US Surgeon General, in a detailed report entitled "Women and Smoking," made the following statement: "When calling attention to p...

This book includes a collection of chapters which provide a comprehensive review of cutting edge research and offers new evidence on anti-smoking p...

This book addresses aspects related to the recognition, diagnosis and management of social anxiety disorder (SAD) under a critical and innovative p...

Expanding Our Calling: Social Ethics in Medical Education is a compendium of essays that represent the thoughts and teachings of a group of philoso...

Social Security auxiliary benefits were established in 1939 when Congress extended benefits to the dependents and survivors of workers covered by S...

The relation between socioeconomic status and population health is evident in epidemiological studies. Socioeconomic status is typically measured u...

In recent years governments around the world have been bending their will toward increasing collaborative practice amongst health care professional...

Carbon, a major constituent of structural and energy-releasing organic molecules, is essential to life. A substantial amount of C found in soils is...

Soil nutrients are among the most important factors affecting plant growth and yield production as well as the environment. They are subjected to v...

The misdistribution of health manpower is one of the major challenges faced by the Chinese health sector hindering people's access to healthcare. H...

In the United States alone, over 60 million youth participate in organised sports. This book is designed to assist coaches of these youth by provid...

Mental health providers are essential to the Department of Defense's (DOD) delivery of health care to servicemembers and other beneficiaries. DOD's...

The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) offers federal matching funds for states and territories to provide health insurance to unins...

A central provision of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires the establishment of exchanges in each state, on-line market...

Among the many applications of stem cell research are nervous system diseases, diabetes, heart disease, auto-immune diseases as well as Parkinson's...

Stem cells are the foundation cells for every organ, tissue and cell in the body. They are like a blank microchip that can ultimately be programmed...

Stem cells are the foundation cells for every organ, tissue and cell in the body. They are like a blank microchip that can ultimately be programmed...

Embryonic stem cells have the ability to develop into virtually any cell in the body, and may have the potential to treat medical conditions such a...

Among the many applications of stem cell research are nervous system diseases, diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune diseases as well as Parkinson's ...

Stem cells are primal cells common to all multi-cellular organisms that retain the ability to renew themselves through cell division and can differ...