CDC warns of contagious diseases after travel abroad
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/09/22/2003572745
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) this week reminded those who have traveled abroad in recent weeks to be alert for symptoms suggestive of contagious diseases within 14 days upon return and to inform doctors of their recent travel history if they ...
The holiday diseases that can strike months after you get home - and the ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2422715/The-holiday-diseases-strike-months-home--travel-jabs-wont-protect-you.html
The concern is that with tropical travel now viewed as routine - whether for a two-week holiday or a longer period, such as a gap year - it's easy to forget that many of these unpleasant and even deadly diseases still pose a serious risk. False sense ...
Manes & Trails: Equine travel and illness
http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2013/08/30/manes-trails-equine-travel-and-illness/
In recent years the outbreaks of equine herpes virus 1, or EHV-1, and other communicable diseases in horses have really caught the attention of horse owners and governmental agencies. Sometimes deadly, the EHV-1 condition, which affects the nervous ...
Travel insurance doesn't cover pre-existing conditions
http://www.livemint.com/Money/boUh2Z99ZiNmDUbBtr68kK/Travel-insurance-doesnt-cover-preexisting-conditions.html
Your asthma will not be covered because pre-existing conditions are excluded in overseas travel insurance. A health insurance company declined my application saying that I had hypertension for 15 years, whereas their rules allow to cover people with ...
Rise of US healthcare - WFSB 3 Connecticut
http://www.wfsb.com/story/23438727/as-medicine-evolved-improved-costs-ballooned
Children born in 1949 to 1951, in comparison, had a life expectancy of 66.31 for white males, 72.03 for white females, 58.91 for nonwhite males and 62.70 for nonwhite females, according to vital statistics information from the Centers for Disease ...
Trial to determine if stem cells can help with rare lung disease
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/09/28/3658088/trial-to-determine-if-stem-cells.html
Guzman, 72, who arrived from Cuba penniless and built a thriving Miami travel agency, doesn't give up easily. He has signed on to be one of the first patients to participate in a clinical trial being launched at the University of Miami. Dr. Marilyn ...
One doctor's view of a 'fecal transplant' as a remedy for diarrhea
http://medcitynews.com/2013/09/one-doctors-view-fecal-transplant-remedy-diarrhea/
Today, however, CDI remains at historically high levels and causes diarrhea that is linked to 14,000 annual deaths in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Advertisement. Kosche says increased cases of CDI may ...
Business Digest - Sept. 29, 2013
http://bismarcktribune.com/business/local/business-digest---sept/article_db4d9752-26d7-11e3-9160-001a4bcf887a.html
Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm and four staff members will travel to seven cities to talk to agents about 2013 legislative changes, producer ethics and licensing, market analysis and filings, and complaints, trends and issues. Attendees will receive ...
