I am currently in Arizona on a job hunt and have had little time between interviews and meeting for any decent new posts. Fortunately, a few of my articles have been published on other websites! I want to thank Matador Travel for publishing an article about travelers and bedbugs. These nasty insects are making a [...]
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Dr. Bledsoe and the team at ExpedMed are gearing up for their next conference, April 1-4, 2009 in San Diego. I was lucky enough to attend their last event, in Washington, DC and am very unhappy I have no more time-off to get to this new one! Exped Med put on the best educational event I could [...]
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This is a very notorious human parasite with a long history. Also known as the “Guinea worm” or simply “the worm that hangs out of peoples’ feet, Dracunculus is also believed to be the “serpent” that winds around the staff of Hippocrates and predecessor of the caduceus. This illness is still around, thousands of years [...]
Filed under: Global Health, Travel Health, Tropical Medicine | Tagged: african foot worm, dracunculiasis, dracunculus medinensis, guinea worm | 1 Comment »
Travelers should be prepared with a first aid kit, of some sorts, at all times. Travel puts people in new surroundings and situations that often leave them trying to solve a problem with just what they are carrying. Having a first aid kit prepared can save time finding a local pharmacy or doctor when you [...]
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Most every person I know suffers from allergies, in some way or another. Those who claim to never have allergy troubles are just probably not coming into contact with their allergic “triggers” on a regular basis. However, this is exactly what people do when they travel…come into contact with new things. Some of these new things [...]
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A US traveler to Uganda was diagnosed with Marburg Virus after visiting the Maramagambo Forest’s “python cave”, a popular tourist destination. The marburg virus is closely related to the Ebola virus and is in the same Filoviridae family. Fatality rates for Ebola virus range from 50-90%. The fact that a traveler acquired this infection should [...]
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