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Everything you Need to Know about Handwashing
Tweet Few people doubt the virtues of handwashing, especially when traveling. Washing your hands is likely your greatest defense against water and food-borne illnesses like traveler’s diarrhea. For...
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Tetanus and the Traveler
Tweet I used to think of tetanus as the disease of rusty nails and locked jaws. Turns out, I didn’t know crap about the disease. While it’s true that early stages of infection with tetanus bacteria can...
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Taking a Sneak Peak at Travel Health in Coming Years
Tweet While it’s hard to make concrete predictions when it comes to travel health, there are some educated guesses we can make while looking forward. In this post we will make some (loose) predictions....
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Vaccinations: What You Need Before Going Away
Tweet This is a guest post talking about vaccinations, with a special focus on information for UK travellers. While it’s easy to get carried away with planning excursions and your holiday wardrobe,...
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Why it’s Worth it to Splurge Every Now and Then
Tweet In the tens of thousands of words worth of travel health tips and information on this website, there is one piece of advice that is often overlooked, or worse, never considered. The idea is...
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Tips for Avoiding Infection
Tweet A tiny infected cut on my leg once took me out of commission for 3 weeks. I had been swimming at a waterfall in northwest Benin when I nicked my leg on a rock. It bled for a moment, but the cut...
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Is it Safe to Buy Prescription Drugs and Other Medications Abroad?
Tweet The safety of prescription drugs and other medications purchased abroad is an often discussed topic in travel health forums. Particularly in developing world areas, there is a certain fear that...
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3 Common Misconceptions about Travel Health
Tweet If you spend anytime in hostel common rooms, especially in developing world areas, you will likely hear your share of tales that involve accidents, illness, and sometimes worse. You will also...
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A Comprehensive Look at STDs and the Traveler
Tweet Each year, it is estimated that nearly 450 million sexually transmitted infections occur across the globe. In other words, these are some of the most common infections worldwide. Travelers, who...
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Travel Health Around the Web: December 31
TweetWell, the world didn’t end on December 21st and another year now approaches. It seems an appropriate time to round up a few travel health posts from blogs and news sources that we found...
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Troubling Reports on Drug-Resistant Malaria
Tweet All life evolves. Unfortunately, microbial life can evolve at a much faster rate than we can. We depend on antibiotic drugs like penicillin to treat infections and antiprotozoal drugs like...
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Is Coca-Cola Actually Good for an Upset Stomach?
Tweet Coke is often touted as a popular remedy for an upset stomach. You’ve probably heard this before. Sip on some flat coke and your nausea will go away. Really? In this post, we will explore whether...
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Cambodia Travel Health Guide
Tweet Situated in Southeast Asia, Cambodia comes with many of the same travel health recommendations that you would find if you were taking a trip to Thailand. There are a few difference, however,...
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No Soap and Water? Try These Alternative Disinfectants
Tweet Find yourself without access to soap or water, or both? No hydrogen peroxide or alcohol based sanitizer? Have a cut you need to clean? You may have more options than you think. In this post, we...
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Think you have a parasite? Read this
Tweet One of the most common fears among travelers to developing world countries is that they have (or will acquire) an intestinal parasite. This is in part because parasites can have vague symptoms,...
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Philippines Travel Health Guide
Tweet Known for its extreme bio-diversity, populous urban areas and stunning beaches, the Philippines are a popular destination for travelers to Southeast Asia. As a tropical developing world country,...
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When your foot is pointing the wrong direction, that’s bad
Tweet The following is a guest post from Lisa Boice. Brace yourself for a traumatic yet entertaining read. We would also recommend reading her thoughtful blog, The baby aspirin years and following her...
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How to Survive in the Desert
Tweet Traveling through the desert can be a transformative experience. It is one of the most unforgivable environments on the planet. Hot in the day, cold at night, and vast expanses of, well, not much...
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Wormwood tea can be used as a malaria prophylactic?
Tweet Not long ago, we wrote in our malaria myths and facts article that malaria cannot be treated or prevented with herbal remedies. Now we have articles surfacing in the press that suggest wormwood...
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What are the chances of a major pandemic?
Tweet With talk of yet another incarnation of Avian Bird Flu, there is much speculation as to whether we will soon see a pandemic. In this post, we will take a look at possible pandemic scenarios in an...
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