Regrettably, due to the challenging nature of their work, some of our dogs get injured or contract illnesses and need to be put down.
After all, their success stories help counteract what also is common among left-handers: they have been found to be more likely to die young, have mental illnesses like schizophrenia and contract illnesses like Crohn's disease.
Were veterans who served in heavily sprayed areas more likely to contract illnesses than those who did not?
You could contract illnesses (including HIV-AIDS!) if you attempt this yourself or allow someone else that really doesn't know what they're doing.
Simply invoking links between certain groups, places, or behaviours and negative connotations (such as a higher risk of contracting illness) can be stigmatising for many groups in society and therefore be responsible for a range of negative effects.
Influenza vaccines are one of the most effective ways to protect people from contracting illness during influenza epidemics and pandemics.
This study uses data from the 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) on medical care use and bed days at home for each contracted illness of non-working married women.
Conversely, some may argue that placing the next generation of doctors on the front lines as volunteers will put them at increased risk for contracting illness.
To protect the mother and her puppies from contracting illness or disease like canine herpes, confine her away from all other dogs in the three weeks leading up to her expected delivery date.
But there is bad news, beyond the well-publicized risks of contracting illnesses like hepatitis from unsterilized needles.
They were issued surplus clothes from World War I, had no running water, and often contracted illnesses like diarrhea.
