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Healthy Travel Blog
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Staying healthy while traveling the world can be challenging. It is our hope that this forum helps you understand the interplay between travel and health and lets you share your insights with your fellow travelers. We encourage you to check in often for updates on news, trends, issues and solutions—everything you should consider before you pack your bags for a vacation, business trip, study abroad program or expat assignment.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1111 )
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What Happens If You Retire Abroad and Then Get Sick?
Retiring to the simple life in, say, Costa Rica, sounds absolutely fantastic. And there is certainly a lot of upside to disappearing from the rat race and... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2012 EXPAT, HEALTH, TRAVEL -
Emerging Trend: Travel Philanthropy
We see the pictures on television from Haiti or Japan or some other global tragedy and pretty much every one of us feels the same impulse – I have to help. Read more
Posted on 20 April 2012 HEALTH, TRAVEL -
This Week In Travel And Health
It’s a dream for many of us to someday take a trip around the world, but finding the time and the money to be able to do so is holding back most of us. Read more
Posted on 13 April 2012 HEALTH, TRAVEL -
A New Kind Of Adventure Tourism
So-called “military tourism” has historically been more about nostalgia, or paying homage to the scene of some great (or monstrous) military occurrence. Read more
Posted on 12 April 2012 HEALTH, TRAVEL -
How To Eat A Healthy Breakfast On Vacation
Cruise ships and all-inclusive resorts are where diets go to die – their famous buffets seem custom-made to pack on some pounds. But it doesn’t have to be that... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2012 HEALTHY LIVING, TRAVEL -
This Week In Travel And Health
The buzz this week is all about Titanic tourism – the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic will be April 14th and 15th. Read more
Posted on 06 April 2012 HEALTH, TRAVEL -
If Laughter is the Best Medicine, Why Not Join the Club?
It has long been known that laughter not only improves one’s mood, but it also has physiological benefits such as increasing blood flow to the heart, reducing... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
An Earth Day Getaway – Adventures in Ecotourism
Earth Day – the day set aside to increase awareness and appreciation of the Earth’s environment, is less than three weeks away – April 22nd. Read more
Posted on 02 April 2012 HEALTH, TRAVEL -
Travel Bulletin: CDC Updates Global Status of Polio
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Polio is a serious disease that can cause paralysis and death. If you are going to one of the countries liste... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2012 HEALTH, TRAVEL -
This Week In Travel And Health
Let’s begin this week with a troubling report from the medical journal Nature. The well-respected publication reports that the international effort to monitor... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2012 HEALTH, TRAVEL -
What You Should Tip That Terrific Waiter in Beijing, and Other Tipping Tips for...
Experiencing cultural differences and learning about the way people live in other countries is one of the great allures of international travel. Read more
Posted on 29 March 2012 HEALTH, TRAVEL -
Traveling Smart With Food Allergies
The number of people diagnosed with food allergies has exploded in recent years. There are now millions of people who have to be very careful about what they... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2012 HEALTH, TRAVEL -
Safe Sex and Study Abroad
Studying abroad is, obviously, about far more than what happens in the classroom. Most Study Abroad program schedules are designed so that students can travel... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2012 DATING, HEALTH, LOVE & SEX, TRAVEL -
This Week in Travel and Health
As much as we all love traveling and exploring the globe, sometimes it doesn’t always go quite as smoothly as we’d like. And these past few days have given us... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2012 HEALTH, TRAVEL -
Stay in Shape While Staying Within Budget: 5 Apps to Download Before Your Next...
Have you ever been on a business trip, in need of a good workout but don’t know how to find the time to work out? Or, perhaps you have a free evening but just... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2012 HEALTH, TRAVEL -
The 7 Healthiest Cities In The World
Last week, we wrote about the best places in the world to retire, based upon International Living’s recently released 2012 Retirement Index. The Index takes int... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2012 HEALTH, TRAVEL -
The Growing Threat of Antibiotic Resistance
Dr. Margaret Chan, the recently reappointed Director-General of the World Health Organization, delivered the keynote speech last week at the Conference on... Read more
Posted on 19 March 2012 HEALTH, TRAVEL -
mHealth, the New iPad, Bluetooth 4.0 and Why FuelPoints Will Become an Everyday...
It has been a while since we wrote about how smartphones and other devices are changing the way people track their health and fitness activities. Read more
Posted on 19 March 2012 HEALTH, TECH, TRAVEL -
This Week In Travel and Health
The last few years, most Americans have been wondering just how golden their golden years are going to be. But putting that aside and focusing on the upside,... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2012 HEALTH, TRAVEL -
The Coolest Marathons In The World
The very first marathon was run by a poor sap named Phidippides in or about the year 496 B.C. As legend has it, Phidippides was a messenger in the... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2012 FITNESS, HEALTH, SPORTS, TRAVEL