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Recommended Web Sites
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Travel Tips and International
Travel: Tips for Staying Healthy
and Traveler's
Diarrhea - An assortment of tips to make
air travel more comfortable from YourFamilyDoctor.
Air Travel During Pregnancy - Read this quick note from a doctor at the Mayo Clinic.
Airline
Water Supplies - This report from the US
Environmental Protection Agency indicates that you might
need to be careful when using or drinking the water
when flying.
Amtrak
Info for Travelers with Disabilities -
Check out railroad travel at this site.
Assistive Devices and Mobility Aids - The Transportation Security Administration reveals how to best travel with these aids.
Avian
Flu Travel Information - The CDC has issued these
bulletins for travelers.
CancerBacUp
- This British cancer site has some good tips on traveling
when you are unwell. Not just for cancer patients, info
of use to many others too.
CDC Travel
Health - The best site for government information
on disease outbreaks, immunization requirements, and
general health precautions around the world.
Cruising
Tips - The CDC offers some advice on how
to stay healthy while on a cruise ship.
Destinations - This list, by the CDC, lets you pick a country and then find out what diseases are prevalent there.
Dialysis
at Sea Cruises - Although HealthyNJ does
not like to promote any particular companies, you might
want to check out this site with listings of cruise
ships offering dialysis centers on board.
Diseases Related to Travel - The CDC describes the various diseases you might contract while visiting other places.
Don't Let Mosquito Bites Ruin Tropical Travel - The CDC also weighs in on this topic.
Food Safety While Hiking, Camping & Boating - The US Department of Agriculture offers this information.
Illness and Injury Abroad - Learn how to be prepared for any emergency while traveling.
International Travel
- Advice from the Mayo Clinic on how to take care of
yourself before and during a trip.
GORP
- Great Outdoor Recreation Pages - Travel health
information especially for campers, hikers and other
outdoor enthusiasts.
The Immunocompromised Traveler -
The CDC offers this information.
Keep Motion
Sickness at Bay
KidsHealth: Staying Healthy While You Travel - Great advice for families who travel, from KidsHealth.
Medical
Aspects of Travel - The Merck Manual offers
information on both air travel and foreign travel at
this site.
MedlinePlus on Traveler's Health - Excellent
portal with links to top-quality sites, from the National
Library of Medicine.
Passengers
with Disabilities - The Department of Transportation
offers these facts for those disabled who travel.
Stay Healthy While Traveling Abroad - Great advice from the Food and Drug Administration.
Staying Healthy While You Travel - Tips from
the American Medical Association for traveling healthy.
Travel
Health on Cruise Ships and Airplanes- The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have created
this fact sheet on the outbreaks of stomach bugs on
cruise ships.
Travel
Medicine - Advice from the HealthLink database
at the Medical College of Wisconsin on all sorts of
travel topics: different diseases, motion sickness,
altitude sickness, etc.
Travelers with Disabilities and Medical Conditions - The Transportation Security Administration offers this information for those traveling by plane.
Traveling
Abroad: Prescription Drug Names Can Be Misleading - The Mayo Clinic offers this advice about getting
a prescription filled in a foreign country.
Traveling Safely With Infants and Children - Great information from the CDC for families.
Traveling
This Summer? Here Are Tips for Safe and Healthy Travel
- The CDC has published this guide for people who are
going traveling (especially to foreign countries).
Traveling with Children – Tips for Parents - The American Psychiatric Association offers these tips.
Vaccinations - The CDC tells what shots you need before you go.
Vessel
Sanitation Program - CDC’s Vessel
Sanitation Program (VSP) protects passenger and crew
health by minimizing the risk of gastrointestinal illness
aboard cruise ships.
You may also want to see the HealthyNJ sections on
Travel for the Disabled and Norwalk Virus/Cruise Ship
Virus
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