I find myself entering a unique position. I have just entered my last year of residency training and will be spending it as a Chief Resident. I am now trying to decide what to do, upon completion of my three years of post-graduate medical training. My interests are: Expedition Medicine Travel and Tropical Medicine Global [...]
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The newest post from Medicine for the Outdoors, by Dr. Paul Auerbach, celebrates their two year anniversary! This is one of the most informative wilderness medicine blogs on the web and a chance to read current information from one of the leaders in wilderness and expedition medicine. For those who may not know, Dr. Auerbach [...]
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I finalized my reservations for the upcoming Expedition Medicine Conference, in September 2008, at Washington D.C! I am very excited about attending and it looks to be a very informative event. Plus, all participants get a free copy of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine. The lecturers for the event are amazing and it should be very [...]
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I wrote a little bit on infection control and disease spread on commercial aircraft, over at Gadling.com. You can check it out here: http://www.gadling.com/2008/06/05/infectious-disease-spread-on-airplanes/ This is something I am frequently asked about and discuss. Hopefully, the article I wrote sheds a little light on the topic and provides some decent resources. Adventure Doc
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I have seen this site, several times in the last few months. I think it is very cool the books are available for reading by everybody. Where There is No Doctor http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download_wtnd.php Where There is No Dentist http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download_dentist.php If you haven’t at least looked through these books, you should. Any level of skill will learn [...]
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Building on the post previously, here… A new article from April 2008 discusses Nalgene’s plan to recall and stop production of their plastic polycarbonate bottles. Check that article out: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24200402/
Filed under: Outbreaks and Updates, Travel Health, Wilderness | Tagged: nalgene, plastic, plastic water bottle safety, safety, water bottle | 2 Comments »
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