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CROATIA | Mon, 31 Aug 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [653]
A
lot of European beach-goers have heard of Croatia. Warm water, beautiful beaches and great food
make Croatia
one of the “Dream holiday” destinations.
A little bit of precaution can help that perfect beach holiday ... Read more >
Tags: safety hub, croatia, sun safety, sunburn, sun protection, uv rays, health, travel
CANADA | Sat, 4 Jul 2009 | By true-claims-stories | Views [135]
I hit the terrain park at Whistler Resort and was a little too confident on my snowboard. The first jump I went off landed badly and I hurt my back. I was whisked away in one of those ski patrol sleds and ambulanced to Whistler Health Care Centre.... Read more >
Tags: canada, health, true claim stories, ski accident, snowboard, travel insurance, world nomads, whistler, ski patrol
EGYPT | Thu, 18 Jun 2009 | By true-claims-stories | Views [154]
I was rudely interrupted on my vacation to Egypt by a mystery illness the first week I was there. I had a fever and rash at first and was initially diagnosed with Chicken Pox. They sent me to the hospital, where I was then diagnosed with suspected ... Read more >
Tags: egypt, health, chicken pox, infection, true claim stories, world nomads
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 1 May 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [3072] | Comments [12]
WorldNomads.com 's roving medical expert Dr. Erik McLaughlin MD writes a brief overview about Swine Flu. Army officer handing out face masks in Mexico City. (25 April 09) Photo by -Chupacabras- . What is Swine Flu? The virus (H1N1) ... Read more >
Tags: health, travel health, swine flu, pandemic
NIGERIA | Mon, 12 Jan 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [792]
WorldNomads.com's roving medical expert and afficionado of Adventure Travel Health, Dr. Erik McLaughlin MD , suggests that travellers to Nigeria and Western Africa should review their immunization history in light of a recent polio outbreak.... Read more >
Tags: polio, health, africa, nigeria, vaccinations, immunization, travel health
WORLDWIDE | Wed, 7 Jan 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [627]
With the snow season amping up in the Northern Hemisphere, we asked our friend Miriam Bougie at Whistler/Blackcomb her big tip for keeping all you adventurous World Nomads safe on the slopes. Ahh, Spring-time. The sun is out, everything is ... Read more >
Tags: snow, health, helmet, skiing, snowboarding
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 29 Dec 2008 | By safetyhub | Views [709] | Comments [1]
With the snow season amping up in the Northern Hemisphere, we asked our friend Miriam Bougie at Whistler/Blackcomb to share some tips on snow safety. First up, frostbite. What is frostbite? Has it been cold enough for you? For those of us ... Read more >
Tags: snow, health, frostbite, skiing, snowboarding
ZIMBABWE | Mon, 29 Dec 2008 | By safetyhub | Views [749]
An outbreak of Cholera continues to wreak havoc in Zimbabwe, according to WHO reports . December 1st saw over 11,000 cases and 484 deaths from Cholera, since August 2008. Zimbabwe has been the site for previous Cholera outbreaks in 1999 and ... Read more >
Tags: cholera, health, travel health, zimbabwe, who
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 22 Dec 2008 | By safetyhub | Views [2321] | Comments [2]
WorldNomads.com's roving Mozzie expert and afficionado of Adventure Travel Health, Dr. Erik McLaughlin MD posts about being bitten by more than the travel bug: I have developed a healthy respect for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are basically ... Read more >
Tags: mozzies, health, malaria
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 18 Aug 2008 | By safetyhub | Views [1097]
I could once set off for months without my parents expecting anything more than a postcard each month and if they were lucky, a short, costly phone call to reassure them that I would only be moving back in on my return for a very short while… just ... Read more >
Tags: gear review, internet, bird flu, google, safety, health, trust
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 11 Aug 2008 | By safetyhub | Views [4039] | Comments [1]
It's wise to always travel with a personal medical kit. Why? Primarily because you need this stuff quickly and readily available – and that’s not always convenient when you're traveling. Additionally, you'll find in remote destinations that much ... Read more >
Tags: health, first aid, on the road, travel with kids, adventure sports, packing, safety
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 11 Aug 2008 | By safetyhub | Views [3068]
Think about how miserable and vulnerable you feel when you're really ill at home... Now multiply that misery by ten when you're alone in a country where medical standards are questionable, you don't speak the language, and you're not sure what you've ... Read more >
Tags: health, sensible sanchez, medical, first aid, sunburn, malaria, water, food, hygiene, safety
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 11 Aug 2008 | By safetyhub | Views [4653] | Comments [2]
If you've ever been really sick in a strange land, you know that this is one area you should take seriously. It is at best uncomfortable and at worst, extremely expensive and sometimes frightening. So, before you stuff your bikini or iPod into that ... Read more >
Tags: health, travel vaccination, malaria, dental, first aid, before you go, safety
BELGIUM | Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | By bkhk4fun | Views [284]
Patti: At this moment Amy and I are both in recovery mode. A few days ago when we were sharing a hostel room in Luxembourg with a couple from Slovakia, the woman kindly spread her germs and with the day of rain we rode in 2 days ago, one of us was bound ... Read more >
Tags: Health
AUSTRALIA | Sun, 12 Aug 2007 | By simon_monk | Views [1000] | Comments [1]
A clear night in the remote desert, ochre red dust howls as children and dogs run wild, lit by lots of flickering open fires, people lounging on vehicles in various states of disrepair, like a scene from an indigenous version of Mad Max. On TV it would ... Read more >
Tags: health, aboriginal, culture, indigenous, festival, garma, children, family, politics, experience
VIETNAM | Tue, 17 Jan 2006 | By simon_monk | Views [1337]
A boy aged 9 sat on the bed quietly, having lost his right eye; a splinter of glass had got into it when he was 3, the family had not taken him to hospital at the time, and then last week he fell over and his eye-ball ruptured. The empty eye socket ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, health, footprints network, giving, responsibility
VIETNAM | Sat, 7 Jan 2006 | By simon_monk | Views [1067] | Comments [2]
Woke on the morning we were due to leave with the thought: WHAT are we DOING? The task at hand seemed (seems) dauting. Surprisingly, although the flight was full, both Kai and Riu were on their best behaviour and actually pretty much sat still or ... Read more >
Tags: travel with children, adventures, misadventures, accidents, health, disaster, family, kai
GUATEMALA | Fri, 11 Dec 1998 | By simon_monk | Views [871]
I was on the third tortilla when the world began to spin. I had just enough time to think "I'm going to throw up or pass out" so, not wanting to offend the lady at whose stall we were eating, I stood up. Gravity did the rest as my consciousness ... Read more >
Tags: food, doctors, hospitals & health, health, accidents, danger, travel insurance
