25-Jan-2012
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| Vaccinations protect you against the diseases you may encounter during a holiday or business travel. An experienced travel medicine professional is trained to weigh up the risks and recommend vaccinations, along with malaria or other medication, based on your personal medical history and the risks involved in your specific trip. But, on any given day during your holiday, you are much more likely to experience minor aches and pains than contract a serious disease.
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18-Jan-2012
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| The routine nature of travel to Bali today has lulled Aussies into a false sense of security about the need to protect themselves against infectious diseases and other health risks. The consequences of complacency are becoming particularly clear in Western Australia.
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11-Jan-2012
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| A Sydney couple were staying in an exclusive lodge nestled on the brilliant white sands beside Lake Tanganyika in southern Tanzania.
“It was one of the most fantastic places we’ve ever visited in Africa; the lake is so big it’s like the ocean and because it was so warm, we walked barefooted on the beach."
It was only after they returned to Australia that they both noticed a small sore on their toes.
Their African memento was a living jigger flea... |
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04-Jan-2012
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| Friends on holidays together get them. Sports teams get them during end-of-season trips. Tattoos are a permanent reminder of a special time or relationship. However, tattoos can leave another lasting legacy – HIV, hepatitis, and other blood-borne or skin infections. |
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21-Dec-2011
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| It’s a clear, colourless liquid.
It even has a faint alcohol-like odour, which makes methanol impossible to detect when mixed in alcoholic drinks.
That’s the reason unscrupulous bar owners and party organisers are able to use the low-cost solvent, also known as wood alcohol, to doctor drinks served to unsuspecting tourists.
There has been a spate of methanol poisonings this year and Travelvax Australian warns travellers to be wary of drink spiking.
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