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We started this blog because staying healthy while traveling the world can be challenging.
It is our hope that this forum helps you understand the interplay between travel and health and lets you share your insights with your fellow travelers. We encourage you to check in often for updates on news, trends, issues and solutions—everything you should consider before you pack your bags for a vacation, business trip, study abroad program or expat assignment.
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Europe, the Perfect Educational Holiday for the Family
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In a recent post, guest blogger Anthony Garcia suggested that graduate students should get out from behind the books to do some hands on research and enjoy a healthier learning experience. This is true for all stages of education and is a good reason to consider planning an educational holiday for your family. When sitting in a classroom, it's easy to memorize dates, artist's names, events and the lineage of kings, but there is nothing to compare with actually seeing a...
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Staying Healthy as a Traveling Graduate Student
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Students traveling for a graduate program, must take steps to ensure their health remains intact. Optimum health keeps mental and physical performance sharp, and also reduces anxiety and stress than can come from graduate studies.
As a graduate student traveling for the purpose of research, you should expect to spend large amounts of time in conference rooms or hours in a library vault – this can disrupt your daily routine and make it harder to maintain good,...
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Small Cut, Big Infection in West Africa
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In spring of 2005, a debilitating leg infection confined me to bed for 3 weeks. Red and swollen, my leg felt like a piece of rotting fruit from the knee down. I had been swimming at a waterfall in northwest Benin (in West Africa) when I got a small, half-inch cut on my shin. The cut was superficial and it quickly stopped bleeding on its own. I didn’t clean it and didn’t put a band aid on it. It looked non-threatening, so I left it exposed.
A day passed and the area...
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Travel Bulletin China: New Polio Outbreak, CDC Recommends Vaccination for All Travelers
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The Centers for Disease Control have issued an outbreak notice that cases of polio have been reported in China for the first time in more than ten years. The CDC is recommending that travelers to all parts of China be up-to-date on the polio vaccine. Use the link above to learn more about how to protect yourself.
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Volcano Watch in the Canary Islands
From Healthy Travel Blog, 7 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
El Hierro, the smallest of the heavily visited Canary Islands, is evacuating a targeted group of residents and tourists this week. This comes in response to the spike in intensity of the tremors that the Spanish National Geographic Institute began reporting in July and the fear that these events could lead to a volcanic eruption. El Hierro's last reported eruption lasted a month back in 1793.
This voluntary evacuation could actually lead to an influx of visitors by those...
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Travel Bulletin Hong Kong: Phony Kidnappings on the Rise
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Earlier this week Hong Kong's secretary for security reported a 17% increase in the number of deception cases handled so far this year. Most of these cases were phone scams and fake kidnapping claims. Fake kidnapping is facilitated by the offender calling a mother, claiming that her son has been kidnapped and then demanding ransom. As the Healthy Travel Blog reported last year, this ?virtual kidnapping? is not an uncommon practice and can be even more disturbing and...
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Long-distance Hiking without Camping: The Hut-to-Hut Experience
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A recent article in Afar magazine extols the virtues of leaving the tent behind to hike hut-to-hut through some of the most spectacular country all around the world. I've just returned from one such adventure'a six day sojourn through the High Sierra camps of Yosemite?and I heartily concur. Here's the winning formula: you pack lightly (maximum 20 pounds versus the 40 pounds most backpackers shoulder), wend your way through forests and alpine meadows, past waterfalls, crystal...
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A Balancing Act: Miles Walked and Calories Consumed
From Healthy Travel Blog, 8 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
A recent post from FoXnoMad provides readers with a quick reality check on How to Accurately Calculate How Many Calories You Just Burned Sightseeing. The author provides some basic rules on how burning calories is impacted by energy exerted, weight, level of athleticism and age. Then he offers suggestions for apps and maps that will help you better estimate the distance you travel while touring an area on foot and in turn, better calculate an average of calories burned. Weight...
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Book Review: International Travel and Health 2011
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The World Health Organization's (WHO) 2011 version of Travel and International Health reflects the current trends affecting safe and healthy travel. Though this publication was created with medical and public health professionals in mind, it is also an easy-to-use resource for general travelers. While many travelers may prefer to search the Internet for up-to-date travel information, this book allows you to find all the info you need and cross references it as necessary...
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Fight Against Dengue Enlists Genetic Engineers
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Recent bulletins carry news of dengue fever on the rise in Panama, Pakistan and the Bahamas. Add these destinations to those mapped by the Centers for Disease Control, including Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Vietnam, Australia, Thailand, the Caribbean and the Philippines, and it's clear dengue is spreading at an alarming pace throughout the tropics and subtropics. How are we fighting back'
Controlling dengue is largely an exercise in combating the mosquito species Aedes aegypti,...
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