Physician Advice on Travel Vaccinations and Travel Health
Posted in Choosing a Physician on Apr 19th, 2011
Travelers in the United States visit foreign countries for a variety of reasons. A travel clinic in NYC such as Travel Clinics of America can provide informative advice on safety, travelling supplies and information, immunizations and vaccines, along with providing the travelers with the necessary data for a fun and/or successful trip. Here are some [...]
Posted in Choosing a Physician, Travel Vaccinations on Oct 30th, 2009
If you have a sore throat, you go to your primary care physician. If you need a yellow fever vaccine before your business trip or your semester abroad, where do you go? Most physicians aren’t trained in travel medicine. Hardly any of them has ever seen a case of yellow fever, rabies, typhoid, bacterial meningitis [...]
Posted in Choosing a Physician, Travel Vaccinations on Oct 22nd, 2009
Last week, we were at the AAFP (American Academy of Family Practice) medical convention in Boston. Usually, we doctors are attending the medical lectures at these conferences to keep current on medical knowledge. This time, however, we were manning a booth in the exhibit hall in a sea of pharmaceutical and medical device booths, who [...]
Posted in Choosing a Physician on May 15th, 2009
Did Captain Kirk and his Star Trek crew visit a travel clinic before their voyage on the Enterprise? I don’t recall any episode which mentioned travel vaccines or mosquito netting. We did learn, however, that space medicine was a true medical specialty. We admired Dr. Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy, the ship’s physician, who used futuristic medical [...]
Posted in Choosing a Physician on Jan 10th, 2009
If you will be traveling abroad, then seek the advice a physician trained in travel medicine. This is not a time to ‘play doctor’. Leave it to the professionals.
Posted in Choosing a Physician on Jan 3rd, 2009
Why do so many international travelers never consult with a physician to avoid malaria, hepatitis, yellow fever or traveler’s diarrhea, yet they methodically study guidebooks of restaurants and hotels?
