Causes. Fungal nail infections are caused by various fungal organisms (fungi). The most common cause is a type of fungus called dermatophyte. Yeast and molds also can cause nail infections. Fungal nail infection can develop in people at any age, but it's more common in older adults. As the nail ages, it can become brittle and dry.
Photo: Getty Images. Jan. 1 marked a significant cultural shift in China â starting this year, families will be able to have two children. This alters the one-child policy that was introduced in 1978 to control the countryâs population.
When Deng Xiaoping and his fellow economic reformers introduced the one-child policy as a âtemporaryâ measure in 1979, after Maoâs death and the end of the calamitous Cultural Revolution, they claimed that without the one-child policy, the economy would falter and the population would explode.Though the one-child policy was introduced in 1979, other, less-stringent family planning policies were in place before it.). These figures are easy to quote, but they fail to convey the magnitude of the horror faced by rural Chinese women.