Nashville Clinic Provides Transparency in Pricing for Travel Medicine Services
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/12/prweb11401581.htm
The Centers for Disease Control and other experts recommend that international travelers visit a Travel Medicine Clinic to receive appropriate counseling on risk avoidance and to receive the proper vaccines and prescriptions for their specific travel ...
Asia-bound Schoolies warned of dangers of contracting diseases such as rabies ...
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/disease-warning-to-asia-bound-schoolies/story-e6frfq80-1226757728760
... but need as much education about contracting diseases such as rabies, doctors say. Travel Medicine Alliance spokeswoman Doctor Deb Mills says teenagers heading for Bali and other parts of Asia should make sure they have had all vaccination shots.
Some plane truths on chest diseases
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?section=health&xfile=data/health/2013/December/health_December9.xml
Any lung disease including COPD or emphysema, asthma, lung fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, pneumothorax, previous blood clots in the veins, lung cancer, co-existing heart and lung disease have to be checked before travelling.
The Medical Minute: Add Immunizations to International Travel Plans
http://gantdaily.com/2013/12/07/the-medical-minute-add-immunizations-to-international-travel-plans/
International travelers, however, have a longer pre-travel to-do list because they have to consider immunizations. The Penn State Hershey Travel Clinic, offered by Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's Division of Infectious Diseases and ...
The most infectious of all infectious diseases
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/05/health/frieden-measles/
Global travel speeds the rate at which infectious disease threats such as measles can be delivered to our doorstep. Some think infectious diseases are no longer a problem in the industrialized world. But the fact is that infectious diseases continue to ...
New Campaign to Promote Travel Health Among Under-25s Research has ...
http://universitytimes.ie/?p=21689
Research undertaken for Sanofi Pasteur MSD showed that compared to other groups, young Irish people below under 25 are more likely to prioritise travel health. 37% of young people are more concerned about contracting tropical diseases abroad, ...
Drug study warns of disease spreading to region
http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/article/20131206/PRINCEGEORGE0101/312069959/-1/PRINCEGEORGE/drug-study-warns-of-disease-spreading-to-region
The 2012 I-Track study released this week showed many injection drug users come to Prince George as a hub community, but travel regularly throughout the region and engage in risky behaviour when visiting or living in rural areas. "Increased residential ...
Child poverty report 'shameful': Labour
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=178558&fm=newsmain%2Cnrhl
"These reports show that hospital admissions from diseases of poverty, such as respiratory and infectious diseases have increased under National." But Prime Minister John Key is "very proud" of his government's record in trying to tackle some of those ...
