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[[File:W give free health clinic.png|left|40px]] [[File:Biology.png|right]]While in the past, as shown in ''The Sims Medieval'', Sims were frequently at risk of serious disease and major injury, most illnesses in modern-day SimNation are minor and non life-threatening. The most common illnesses are colds (which may be caught at work or school, or by coming into contact with an infected Sim), food poisoning (from eating spoiled food) and pregnancy symptoms such as nausea. Colds are treatable by resting at home and consuming certain soups and juices, while food poisoning and morning sickness will eventually end on their own. There is a risk of untreated colds developing into the more serious pneumonia, which can be fatal, as can the flu, which can be caught from proximity to vermin. [[Mummy|Mummies]] and [[witch]]es can curse other Sims with illness. Accidental injury seems to be virtually non-existent outside of occasional [[The "Concoctanation Station"|lab]] [[Career rewards|accidents]], and though there are numerous ways to [[Death|die]] prematurely (common causes include: fire, drowning, electrocution or starvation), a Sim who has come close to death but survived will recover very quickly and will not require hospital treatment. There is no form of emergency care to treat serious conditions, although in the Nintendo DS version of ''The Sims 3'', starving Sims are taken to a hospital before starving to death which implies that the Sim is taken there by ambulance. ThereHowever, there seems to be no way for Sims to call emergency for an ambulance when witnessing a dying Sim, as they will do nothing or cry.<ref>The lack of anemergency ambulanceservices (ambulances or other forms of medical evacuations) to save dying Sims is probably because the game developers made the games to be purely of entertainment, rather than being serious on healthcare.</ref> Mental health problems such as nervous breakdowns are more common, and may be treated by the autonomous arrival of a [[Therapist]], [[Social Bunny]] or [[Tragic Clown]]. The [[Insane]] trait will also cause Sims to talk to themselves, and want to do so. Other traits referencing mental illness include: [[Neurotic]] and [[Unstable]], and more closely resemble real life mental illnesses.