Travel Medicine

Preparing For Long Term Travel Traveling abroad is an art. It requires intellect to plan, courage to enact, and perseverance to endure. When planning your dream trip, you must walk a fine line between over- analysis and not-so-blissful ignorance (summer in Sudan, anyone?). There are several things you should consider before booking your travel, and the most important will be ...

Starting a new clinic is something that definitely takes a lot of determination and spirit, but when you really feel called to start your own practice there’s really nothing stopping you but your own doubts and fears. One of the biggest concerns that new clinic physicians have when they begin opening their practices is that they aren’t quite sure where ...

Accidents can happen anywhere, even in the home. Every home, and especially those with small children, should have a home first aid kit for accidents. No one can predict who will be injured in the home. It may be an older child that must call for help. Inside every home first aid kit, then, include a detailed emergency contact list. ...

Are you familiar with the deep purple solution your mother applies to your skin when you had a bad case of athlete’s foot? It did a great, didn’t it? That solution is made by dissolving potassium permanganate crystals in water. Potassium permanganate is an inorganic but water soluble compound. It is also known as Condy’s crystals and permanganate of potash. ...

Picture yourself enjoying the sun, sand and sea of the Bahamas and you will surely conjure up visions of a tropical vacation full of excitement and adventure. Close to Florida, there are over seven hundred islands that make up the Bahamas and it is an ideal tropical vacation destination replete with sparkling turquoise waters, plenty of sandy white beaches, good ...

You’re probably aware of coconut oil’s health benefits by now. Yes, it protects you against heart disease, stroke, low thyroid, diabetes, cancers, liver and kidney diseases, osteoporosis, dental decay and skin infections, viruses, yeast and fungi. It does wonders to your skin and hair too. And it’s one of the best food to help you lose that excess body fat. ...

Like many of you, my love for my family motivates me to do what I do. I decided to go to medical school at the age of 39 after doctors made my daughter ill by prescribing psychiatric drugs for her bladder infections. Every day I am grateful for the knowledge I obtained.  Though I always believed that it should be ...

Should you be worried if you find your betta fish not eating the food that you feed it? You can probably let it go if your fish doesn’t immediately stop what it’s doing and rush up to the surface to eat right away. But what if you find your betta fish not eating at all, ignoring the food, even though ...

Candida is a fungus that occurs naturally in our body and it is possible for it to get it anywhere, including a candida infection of the rectum. Candida is an imbalance between the yeast and micro organism’s in your body. It can happen to anyone who, but some of the causes and symptoms of a candida infection of the rectum ...

Read the 10 Things To Prevent Swine Flu. Help Keep Your Children Safe and Healthy by doing the following: 1. Always use tissues to cover coughs and sneezes. Germs spread very easily. Teach your children to cover their mouth when they cough. Try to supply your child with enough tissues for when they sneeze. Inform them it is not appropriate ...