The Travel Doctor
Traveller's medical & vaccination centre
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Influenza Mythbusters
The Influenza Specialist Group (ISG) consists of medical and scientific specialists as well as professional and patient groups from around the country. It cooperates with state and federal governments in educational activities about influenza and in conjunction with other organisations runs the annual Influenza Awareness Program. More...
Hazards of swimming or wading – a reminder.
Lurking in fresh water streams and lakes, and in floodplains, there are health hazards from microscopic organisms. More...
Vaccination through the nose?
A report from a team at the Japanese Institute of Infectious Diseases now indicates that a technique of administering a vaccine by nasal spray is at an advanced stage of development. More...
Tuberculosis exposure and travel
Tuberculosis, the world-wide scourge of the Victorian age and early 20th century, has been reduced to a very low prevalence in many countries including Australia and New Zealand and in recent years it has come to be regarded as posing a negligible risk for tourists elsewhere. More...
Measles and Soccer
This year’s UEFA European Soccer Championship will be held in Switzerland. Health authorities there have issued a warning of increased risk of measles among the huge number of foreign visitors expected. From November 2006 to February 13, 2008, a total of 1,405 cases of measles were registered in Switzerland, including 1,106 cases in 2007 alone More...
Chikungunya fever and potential for Australian outbreak.
Chikungunya fever, first described in East Africa, is caused by a virus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. It is characterised by symptoms very similar to those of dengue fever and laboratory testing may be necessary to distinguish between the two. More...
Novel ways to vaccinate
Drops under the tongue may be the way that vaccines are administered in the future according to research done at the University of Seoul in South Korea. We have known for many years that some drugs can be administered as drops or a spray under the tongue More...
Measles Vaccination Not Associated with Autism confirmed
A study, published in Archives of Disease in Childhood online this month , examined children aged 10 to 12 years who had previously received the Mumps/Measles/Rubella vaccine. More...
Spandex tights make long-haul flying easier and safer.
A study published in the Medical Journal of Australia on 21 January suggests that wearing graduated-compression tights significantly reduces ankle swelling on long-haul flights. More...
Meningits Epidemic Warning
Expert health forecasters have warned that an epidemic of meningococcal meningitis in the so-called “meningitis belt” in sub-Saharan Africa could be the worst in a decade. More...
Troublesome Temporary Tattoos
Holidays are times for relaxation – relaxation from work stresses, relaxation from social stresses, relaxation from conventional norms. Holidays are times when everyday behaviour frequently is left behind, when (for example) someone who would not think of being tattooed when at home decides decorate him/herself this way. - and being concerned about the possibility of acquiring Hepatitis B or even HIV infection from contaminated needles compromises with temporary tattoos More...
Study on the absolute risk of deep vein thrombosis
Although the link between air travel and venous thrombosis was first noticed in the 1950s exactly how many people will develop this (and therefore the risk of potential life-threatening pulmonary embolism) after a long flight remains unknown. This information is needed so that travellers can make informed decisions about trying to reduce that risk by, for example, taking small doses of anticoagulant medicine before a flight. More...
Fake anti-malarials are widespread
The East African newspaper has reported on the discovery of a counterfeit ring in Kenya dealing with artemisinin-based anti-malarials which has raised fears of the emergence of resistance by the malaria parasite against the only category of drugs that is fully effective against the killer fever. More...
Flu vaccine as Travel Vaccine?
The flu is always with us. For many years now the flu vaccine has been with us; so influenza is a vaccine-preventable disease. More...
“Make Rabies History” project
The Alliance for Rabies Control which was formed last year and is registered as a charity in the United Kingdom is promoting a world-wide rabies awareness day on September 8 this year. Human rabies is virtually 100% fatal and yet is entirely preventable by vaccination. More...
WHO release study on travel and blood clots
The World Health Organisation on 29th June released results from Phase I of the WHO Research Into Global Hazards of Travel (WRIGHT) project The study showed that plane, train, bus or automobile passengers are at higher risk of VTE when they remain seated and immobile on journeys of more than four hours. More...
Travel Doctor-TMVC opens a new clinic in Brisbane CBD.
To better service our patients, the Travel Doctor-TMVC has opened a brand new clinic in the Brisbane CBD. This state-of-the art specialist travel medicine clinic opened for business on Monday 23rd October and is located at 75a Astor Terrace, Spring Hill, which is right next door to the Novotel. It is easily accessible by public transport as well as having ample parking nearby. To contact the new Brisbane Travel Doctor-TMVC clinic, or to make an appointment phone (07) 3815 6900. More...
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Health Alerts
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease deadly in China
Hepatitis A from bottled water
Recall of DVT prevention medicine- Clexane (enoxaparin)
Cholera in Vietnam WHO update
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