A new version of the avian (bird) flu with characteristics not previously seen has emerged in China over the past several weeks. The avian flu typically causes both animals and humans infected to be quite ill, while the…
The CDC announced this week that the flu season has arrived early this year and could be worse than usual because of its premature appearance: “We’re seeing the beginning of the uptick start at least…
In a landmark effort to eliminate illegal trafficking of tobacco products, delegates from the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) adopted a treaty on November 11, 2012 to control the international tobacco supply…
Dr. Mario Raviglione, Director of the WHO Stop TB Department, announced this week that in the last 17 years over 51 million people worldwide have been treated for tuberculosis, and as a result, approximately 20…
<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7157" title="Mycobaterium tuberculosis – bacteria that causes TB" src="http://www.healthytravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Mycobaterium-tuberculosis-bacteria-that-causes-TB.jpg" alt="" width="240" hei purchase cialis online ght=”206″ />Earlier this week the CDC released a report showing the tuberculosis bacterium is exhibiting ever increasing…
<img class=” wp-image-6986 alignleft” title=”Aedes aegypti mosquito” src=”http://www.healthytravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Aedes-aegypti-mosquito-300×201.jpg” alt=”” width=”240″ height=”161″ />In what could arguably be the greatest brand cialis immunological breakthrough in decades, French drugmaker Sanofi SA announced that a vaccine against Dengue fever…
<span style=”font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; font-size: small;”><img class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-6760″ title=”Prescriptions” src=”http://www.healthytravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Prescriptions.jpg” alt=”” width=”240″ height=”160″ />Most patients trust their physicians to select just the right medication for them. Unfortunately, the fact is many physicians prescribe…
In what has to be considered one of the most remarkable medical developments of the past ten years, Japanese researchers announced on Friday that they were able to generate a functional human liver from stem…
The Hospital de Denia in Spain was recently recognized for implementing the first all digital medical records system in Spain, and only the second in Europe. Electronic medical records (EMR) are a key component of…
As a follow up to our post on travel philanthropy, a word of caution in regards to a common problem affecting areas trying to recover from destructive events: poor sanitation systems. Diarrheal diseases, including those…
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