Students may need one or more medical leave(s) to mitigate the impact of illness with eventual success in part dependent upon effective consultation and collaboration. Medical leaves should be requested when the student has mental health concerns contributing to inability to function safely or ...
Annie Blake, the Yukon NDP MLA for Vuntut Gwitchin, has announced via Facebook that she is taking medical leave to focus on her health and well-being. In her post on June 25, Blake cited “several repeated traumatizing events” and the loss of several friends and relatives. “I’ve real...
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When discussing a leave of absence, an important federal law to be aware of is theFamily and Medical Leave Act[FMLA]. FMLA “provides certain employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. It also requires that their group health benefits be maintained during the le...
But when the Task Force examined the medical evidence on vitamins, it found “inadequate(不充分的) evidence” to support the claims that vitamin and mineral supplements benefit healthy adults.“Cardiovascular(心血管的) disease and cancer have a significant health impact in America, and we all ...
sheep and that was nearly ten years ago. But the situation has not got better for mammal cloning. It seems that the problems for human cloning will be even more serious as no human has yet been cloned. It is obvious that we must be very cautious about medical cloning until these[...
The ship’s medical center was essentially a floating emergency room, but we didn’t have a team of specialists on hand for a second opinion. With long and unpredictable hours, it required mental toughness.As you can guess, many of the passengers were elderly. Heart attacks don’t care ...
In the U.S., the Family and Medical Leave Act -- passed by the federal government in 1993 -- provides eligible employees 12 weeks of unpaid time off during the first 12 months after birth to care for a newborn. Three states, including California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, have ...
Researchers believe that occupational stress can be a contributing factor to a number of medical and psychiatric conditions, including cancer, heart disease, mood disorders, other types of mental illness, and burnout. Studies have also linked job stress to substance use disorder as we...
1. Self-care is the first step in taking care of your mental health over the holidays Holidays are all about giving to others, yet you’ll feel your best mentally and physically if you carve out some time for yourself. When our mental health is out of balance, we don’t handle stress...