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    According to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) covered employees are allowed to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off of work per year for a family health emergency or to care for a new baby without losing their job (or health insurance‚ if applicable). Many adoptive parents expect to depend upon this law’s protection when the time comes to bring their adopted infant home and begin bonding with them in the family home. Yet before the time comes to claim time off with intentions of returning

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    Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Or CJD is a degenerative brain disorder that causes dementia and eventually death. This disease affects the person’s brain by causing it to be unstable. Some early symptoms of CJD are; failing memory‚ behavioral changes‚ impaired coordination and visual disturbances. Because this disease affects the neurological balance of the brain‚ a person who is suffering from it eventually loses control of their brain and will fall into a coma. Some other symptoms are insomnia‚ depression

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    Coronary heart disease or CHD is a narrowing of the small blood vassals that supply the heart with blood and oxygen. The disease develops when a combination of fatty material‚ calcium‚ and scar tissue or plaque‚ builds up in the arteries that supply the heart with blood. This slows the blood flow and causes chest pain. Men in their 40s have a higher risk of CHD than women. But‚ as women get older‚ their risk increases so that it is almost equal to a man’s risk. Factors that put you at

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    Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are the most common diseases known to man and one of the largest growing problems not only in the United States but all over the world. Sexually Transmitted diseases are usually‚ but not always‚ passed from person to person by sexual contact‚ whether it is oral‚ vaginal‚ or anal sex. It can also be transmitted by sharing needles‚ tiny cuts‚ sores‚ skin to skin contact or even by wearing the clothes or lying in the bedding of a person that might have it. There

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    Cardio vascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in Australian. Cardio vascular Disease is a range of diseases of the heart and blood vessels including coronary heart disease‚ cardiomyopathy‚ peripheral disease‚ congenital heart disease‚ stroke and heart failure. In 2012‚the deaths recorded as a result of CVD were 43‚946 this is approximately 30% of all deaths in Australia for that year (Health.gov.au‚ 2015). There are many risk factors that contribute to CVD these include being overweight

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    Although this is not a new disorder‚ previously called spring dwindle disease‚ autumn collapse or disappearing disease‚ there have been higher-than-usual reports of colony loss since the fall and winter of 2006 with signs similar to those of colony collapse disorder. The symptoms include the dwindling and insufficient numbers of worker bees with few or no dead bees around the colony‚ the presence of bee brood (bee larvae)‚ the presence of food‚ pollen and honey deposits that are not immediately stolen

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    Introduction For the last decades‚ the number of fatalities from coronary heart disease (CHD) in Australia has steadily declined‚ however it remains one of the leading causes of all deaths and the number one cause of cardiovascular deaths among Australian population (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [AIHW]‚ 2011). Coronary heart disease refers to the conditions that affect the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle with nutrients and oxygen (Craft‚ Gordon‚ & Tiziani‚ 2011). There

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    2013 Mad Cow: Fact or Fiction? While Mad Cow disease may seem like an urban legend it‚ in fact‚ is a real disease that infects thousands of cows along with people worldwide. The scientific name given to this disease is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or BSE. BSE is fatal; it degrades the nervous and digestive systems in cows over time. On average‚ 1.5 million of the 12 million cattle in the United Kingdom will be infected with this disease in that span of one year. The first outbreak of mad

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    Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (often called FOP‚ or Stone Man’s Disease) is an incredibly rare disease that directly affects the patients connective tissue. The name means “soft connective tissue that progressively turns to bone.” FOP is a result of a mutation in the body’s tissue repair structures‚ which will cause fibrous tissue to turn to bone‚ or become ossified‚ randomly or upon tissue damage. In the majority of cases‚ any injury can cause the affected joints to become frozen in place

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    Chronic Diseases: Heart Disease Heart disease is the most frequent condition affecting the heart‚ known as coronary artery disease. Over time‚ a buildup of cholesterol creates a substance of plaque on the inside of the coronary arteries blocking the blood flow to the heart causing it to damage the heart muscle. When a heart attack occurs‚ it creates permanent damage killing a portion of the heart. If the heart cannot effectively pump blood to the body‚ it will reduce the flow‚ and begin beating

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