July 29, 2014

Travel Letters: Health concerns over Google Glass
http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-tr-letters-20140727-story.html
Regarding "Seeing S.F. Through New Eyes" by Catharine Hamm, July 20: As the director of the Center for Family and Community Health at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, I want to make people aware of another potential "con" for Google Glass ...


Ebola Can Spread by Air Travel: Health Authorities
http://www.newsmaxhealth.com/Health-News/ebola-spread-air-travel/2014/07/27/id/585165
Screening people as they enter the country may help slow the spread of the disease, but it is no guarantee Ebola won't travel by airplane, according to Dr. Lance Plyler, who heads Ebola medical efforts in Liberia for aid organization Samaritan's Purse.


Nigeria death shows Ebola can spread by air travel
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/07/26/6584383/nigeria-to-screen-airline-travelers.html
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Nigerian health authorities raced to stop the spread of Ebola on Saturday after a man sick with one of the world's deadliest diseases brought it by plane to Lagos, Africa's largest city with 21 million people. The fact that the ...


End of summer travel tips
http://www.elsberrydemocrat.com/?p=13281
If you have vacation days to spare, consider traveling midweek instead of on Friday or Saturday, as you might find more affordable flights and/or lodging if you travel on days when many people will be in their offices. In addition, traveling midweek is ...


8 Ways You Can Travel Like an Expert With Arthritis
http://health.clevelandclinic.org/2014/07/8-ways-to-travel-like-an-expert-with-arthritis/
Don't think negatively, but do be ready to deal with medical issues. Ask your doctor for a list of rheumatologists where you are traveling. For more serious concerns, consider purchasing travel health insurance in case of emergency, especially in a ...


Health Aware: Clinic offers better shot at healthy travel
http://napervillesun.suntimes.com/2014/07/16/health-aware-clinic-offers-better-shot-healthy-travel/
Several weeks before her 2013 trip to Africa, the Naperville resident first visited the Edward Hospital Travel Medicine Clinic to see what she could do to stay healthy while traveling. She had learned of the clinic from her father and fellow traveler ...


Travel insurance could have helped man hospitalized abroad
http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/health/Travel-insurance-could-have-helped-man-hospitalized-abroad-268694422.html
Garcia said many people don't realize their health insurance is not valid when traveling abroad. The cost is not too expensive, said Garcia. Travel insurance can be bought as part of a package when a person books a trip either by plane or cruise, or it ...


Surgery patients may have to travel miles because 'beds are full'
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/surgery-patients-may-have-to-travel-miles-because-beds-are-full-9632625.html
However, campaigners and consultants today hit out at the decision which will force patients to travel to Queen Mary's in Sidcup, Orpington Hospital or Bromley's Princess Royal University Hospital. They said the decision was taken without public ...