http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec19341/index.htm This is part of a lecture series on Travel Medicine by Dr. Peter Leggat for James Cook University, Australia….
Travel Health
Common Problems in Endurance Athletes http://www.aafp.org/afp/20070715/237.htmlDavid D. Cosca, MD and Franco Navazio MD, PHDAmerican Family Physician 2007;76:237-44 This was a…
One of the unique requirements of Travel and Expedition Medicine, besides the medical part, is a knowledge of geography. Where…
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/87445.phpImpressive Results follow Zanzibar’s Attack on Malaria This is a pretty optimistic article on the advances of malaria prevention in…
Traveling with Children I know a lot of people that think they cannot take that dream vacation because they “have…
Mosquito Bite Prevention 700,000,000 people get a disease from a mosquito, each year. Of those diseases, 1 out of 17…
WHO has confirmed that an outbreak in Sudan, originally thought to be Yellow Fever is actually Rift Valley Fever. Areas…
What is happening with diarrheal illnesses. If your destination/location is on the list, be careful! Condensed from Promed Hanoi, VietnamA…
There is a predition of the worst meningitis outbreak in 10 years, coming to Africa. Prediction of the worst meningitis outbreak…
A pretty common question I get is about what to do when someone misses a dose of mefloquine (Lariam). Well,…