The Traveler's Natural Medicine Kit


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In this handy pocket guide, Pamela Hirsch shares her hard-won secrets for getting through a business or pleasure trip with an easy stomach and a calm mind. "The Traveler's Natural Medicine Kit" provides gentle but effective help for a wide variety of common complaints, including sore feet, nausea, bug bites, constipation, jet lag, heartburn, headache, and stress. Illustrations.




CDC Yellow Book 2018: Health Information for International Travel


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THE ESSENTIAL WORK IN TRAVEL MEDICINE -- NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED FOR 2018 As unprecedented numbers of travelers cross international borders each day, the need for up-to-date, practical information about the health challenges posed by travel has never been greater. For both international travelers and the health professionals who care for them, the CDC Yellow Book 2018: Health Information for International Travel is the definitive guide to staying safe and healthy anywhere in the world. The fully revised and updated 2018 edition codifies the U.S. government's most current health guidelines and information for international travelers, including pretravel vaccine recommendations, destination-specific health advice, and easy-to-reference maps, tables, and charts. The 2018 Yellow Book also addresses the needs of specific types of travelers, with dedicated sections on: · Precautions for pregnant travelers, immunocompromised travelers, and travelers with disabilities · Special considerations for newly arrived adoptees, immigrants, and refugees · Practical tips for last-minute or resource-limited travelers · Advice for air crews, humanitarian workers, missionaries, and others who provide care and support overseas Authored by a team of the world's most esteemed travel medicine experts, the Yellow Book is an essential resource for travelers -- and the clinicians overseeing their care -- at home and abroad.







Vagabond Globetrotting 3


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The definitive how-to book for world travel, Vagabond Globetrotting was first published in 1984 at the dawn of the information age. A second, updated edition appeared in 1989. Endicott's next book "The Electronic Traveler" introduced readers for the first time to the nascent travel resources available in the then largely unexplored cyberspace. This twentieth anniversary edition of Vagabond Globetrotting has been extensively revised and includes hundreds of essential web sites for travelers as well as indispensable tips, checklists, and resources.




Essential Travel Medicine


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This 1st edition of Essential Travel Medicine provides an excellent concise introduction to the specialty of Travel Medicine. This core text will enable health care practitioners particularly those new to the clinical practice of Travel Medicine, to gain a fundamental understanding of the diverse and complex issues which can potentially affect the health of the many millions of people who undertake international travel. Jane N Zuckerman is joined by Gary W Brunette from CDC and Peter A Leggat from Australia as Editors. Leading international specialists in their fields have contributed authoritative chapters reflecting current knowledge to facilitate best clinical practice in the different aspects of travel medicine. The aim of Essential Travel Medicine is to provide a comprehensive guide to Travel Medicine as well as a fundamental knowledge base to support international undergraduate and postgraduate specialty training programmes in the discipline of Travel Medicine. The 1st edition of Essential Travel Medicine offers an indispensable resource of essential information for travel health practitioners, infectious disease specialists, occupational health specialists, public health specialists, family practitioners, pharmacists and other allied health professionals. This core text will appeal similarly to those training in Travel Medicine and to those who want a concise introduction to the subject or an ideal revision companion.




Planting the Future


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"Planting the Future" shows how land stewardship, habitat protection, and sustainable cultivation are of critical importance to ensure an abundant renewable supply of medicinal plants for future generations.




Assessment of Long-Term Health Effects of Antimalarial Drugs When Used for Prophylaxis


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Among the many who serve in the United States Armed Forces and who are deployed to distant locations around the world, myriad health threats are encountered. In addition to those associated with the disruption of their home life and potential for combat, they may face distinctive disease threats that are specific to the locations to which they are deployed. U.S. forces have been deployed many times over the years to areas in which malaria is endemic, including in parts of Afghanistan and Iraq. Department of Defense (DoD) policy requires that antimalarial drugs be issued and regimens adhered to for deployments to malaria-endemic areas. Policies directing which should be used as first and as second-line agents have evolved over time based on new data regarding adverse events or precautions for specific underlying health conditions, areas of deployment, and other operational factors At the request of the Veterans Administration, Assessment of Long-Term Health Effects of Antimalarial Drugs When Used for Prophylaxis assesses the scientific evidence regarding the potential for long-term health effects resulting from the use of antimalarial drugs that were approved by FDA or used by U.S. service members for malaria prophylaxis, with a focus on mefloquine, tafenoquine, and other antimalarial drugs that have been used by DoD in the past 25 years. This report offers conclusions based on available evidence regarding associations of persistent or latent adverse events.




The Lost Herbal Remedies


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The Lost Herbal Remedies - Homemade Natural Remedies For Your Ailments Now And The Future! The Lost Herbal Remedies is a collection of 100s of scientifically researched home remedies. It puts together all the tried and tested formula - that has worked for millions of people - into a single handy book. Some of these things are: 1. Which are the exact foods that one needs to build a brain fortress? 2. Protect fragile brain tissue and prevent memory loss and slow degradation. 3. Learn the simple blend of herbs that will help you reduce the effect of inflammation balloon that causes achy joints. This one is for all those people wanting to sort their joint pain problems. It is very simple! 4. Find out the shocking science behind why anti-inflammatories are the worst pills and what you must consume instead of that. 5. Discover the reason why Cayenne pepper can be super effective in weight loss and motion sickness. 6. Learn how to analyze and identify the purest bioactive stuff. 7. Also, find out about the little seeds from India that makes sure your metabolism works naturally, flavorful, and effectively forever. 8. Discover the non-hippie way to soothe the healing powers of Cannabis. 9. If you have issues related to your tummy then learn about the yellow tea blend that puts a clear end to vomiting, upset stomach, diarrhea, and food poisoning too. Plus, it tastes amazing! 10. If you have got a fungal infection, learn why antibiotics provided cause strong harm. Instead, rely upon a Christmas spice oil that acts as an antifungal and fights it through roots. 11. Simply avoid complications from the flu and become immune to the flu. 12. You can now easily flush out the toxins from your body without one single risk. 13. Get a protocol on 'Live Free or Die' for survival health preparations. 14. Find about the three diseases for which one must stockpile a few medicines for surviving. 15. Find if there are memory kills hidden in multivitamin tablets and if there is what you must take instead. 16. Learn how to squeeze every ounce of anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory benefits from the sea buckthorn. 17. Find a cure for a gut bug that is considered to be deadly and non-curable by New York Times. Amazing isn't it? There will be a lot of things that you can discover freely in this book.




First Aid, Survival, and CPR


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Awarded AJN Book of the Year Award 2012! From performing CPR on an adult, child, or infant to dealing with bleeding and shock, cuts and broken bones, heart attacks, emergency childbirth, poisoning, drowning, scuba diving mishaps, wilderness survival, and natural disasters such as tornadoes, wildfires, floods, and earthquakes…this portable, waterproof guide helps you quickly find the information you need to develop a plan of action for assessing and treating all kinds of first aid and survival emergencies.




Mother Jones


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