Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Traveling with dementia: tips for family caregivers
(HealthDay)—Traveling with a loved one who has dementia requires special preparation. The Alzheimer's Foundation of America has some advice.
Aug 3, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Immunizations for high flyin' travelers
(HealthDay)—Nothing spoils a trip faster than getting sick. And a good way to protect yourself is by getting certain vaccinations before you leave home.
Jun 26, 2017
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How to avoid traveler's diarrhea
Don't drink the water. That's the advice you may have heard for avoiding traveler's diarrhea. While it's a good start, the devil is in the details.
Jun 8, 2017
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Air travel exposes you to radiation – how much health risk comes with it?
This past April, business traveler Tom Stuker became the world's most frequent flyer, logging 18,000,000 miles of air travel on United Airlines over the last 14 years.
Jun 8, 2017
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Health agency spends more on travel than AIDS
Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, traveled to Guinea earlier this month to join the country's president in celebrating the world's first Ebola vaccine.
May 22, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Few eligible U.S. travelers getting pre-trip measles vaccine
(HealthDay)—More than half of eligible Americans traveling abroad don't get a measles vaccine, and a key reason is lack of concern about the disease, according to a study published online May 16 in the Annals of Internal ...
May 17, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Risk of Zika infection appears to be low for pregnant women
(HealthDay)—U.S. women traveling to areas where the Zika virus is circulating might be less likely to be infected than expected, but risk remains, according to research published in the June issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
May 10, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study sheds light on the darker side of business travel
A new study, 'The dark side of business travel: A media comments analysis', by academics at the University of Surrey and Lund University, published today in the journal Transportation Research Part D, analyses first hand ...
Mar 6, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zika virus in Canadian travellers more severe than expected
A new study sheds light on the acquisition and features of Zika virus in Canadian travellers, indicating it was as commonly confirmed as dengue in people returning from the Americas and the Caribbean but more severe than ...
Mar 6, 2017
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Neuroscience
Why we become more forgetful with age – and what you can do about it
How is it that we are able to remember some events in great detail whereas other memories seem to fade away over time? Our memory changes with age, so that we may have a memory slip on a trip to fetch something from the next ...
Dec 21, 2016
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