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Travel Medicine, Inc., is pleased
to announce the launch of
its updated and expanded website!
Dear Traveler:
When you journey overseas, do you know how to
prepare for a safe trip? Do you know what health risks you might
encounter? And what to do if sudden illness or injury strikes?
Chances are you are leaving without the vital information you need
to prevent (or treat) such diseases as travelers’ diarrhea
(affecting up to 60% of travelers), hepatitis, typhoid, yellow
fever, and malaria. Just where can you turn when looking for
answers to these questions?
Now, Travmed.com offers you the comprehensive
online resources you need to have a safe, comfortable trip:
Features:
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Destination advisories and disease risk
information on over 200 countries – Each Destination
Advisory includes entry requirements, time zone and current
weather, vaccination recommendations and requirements, disease
risks summary and malaria maps, outbreak news, hospital and
doctor listings . . . and more. Advisories updated weekly from
sources including the CDC, WHO, AMADEO, Eurosurveillance, ProMED,
Travel Health Network, New England Journal of Medicine,
The Lancet, Journal of Travel Medicine and
others.
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International Travel HealthGuide -
The HealthGuide was first published in 1989 and annually
re-issued to keep both travelers and travel health professional
updated in the field of travel medicine. Now, the HealthGuide
is available online - at no charge – and my co-author is Dr. Jay
Keystone, Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and
a well-known authority in the field of travel medicine. 22
chapters. Updated biweekly.
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International SOS travel insurance with
preferred pricing option. We have arranged a 20% discount for
travelers who purchase an International SOS policy through our
website. (The preferred pricing code is in our product catalog.)
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Travel Clinic Directory – Includes clinics
in the United States, Canada as well as dozens of countries
abroad.
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Essential Links for the Global Traveler –
Need more information on travel medications? Evaluation of
post-travel illness? Topics include trip preparation checklists,
insect-bite prevention, malaria prevention, U.S. Dept. of State
Travel Advisories, Canadian Travel Advisories and Warnings,
yellow fever and malaria risk and entry requirements, by
country. . . and more.
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Travel Supplies – Introducing an important
new product: TRAVELER-ER™. Our
on-line store sells products needed for both safety and
comfort. Products such as mosquito nets, repellents and water
filters are often essential for a safe trip. But where to find
what you need? Travel Medicine is a one-stop source of many of
these essential products.
So, welcome to the new Travmed.com!
Safe and happy journeys – Always!
Sincerely,
Stuart R. Rose, MD, FACEP
Travel Medicine, Inc.
369 Pleasant Street
Northampton, MA 01060
413-584-0381
Travel Medicine, Inc.,
was founded in 1989 by Stuart R. Rose, MD to publish his book,
The International Travel Health Guide.
Since then, our company has become a leading provider of
information and products dedicated to the health and safety of the
traveler.
With the launch of our new Web site, our goal
is to offer even more products and services, as well as to provide
comprehensive information for safe travel, both at home and
abroad.
© Copyright 2009
Travel Medicine, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use
Advisory Board
Jay Keystone, M.D.
Jay Keystone, M.D., FRCPC, M.Sc. (CTM), is a
world-recognized authority in the field of tropical and travel
medicine and Senior Editor of the Traveling Healthy Newsletter.
He is Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and
Chief of the Hospital's Tropical Medicine Unit. Dr. Keystone
sits on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Tropical
Medicine & Hygiene and is a past president of the International
Society of Travel Medicine.
>> More...
Peter
Hackett, M.D.
A world-recognized authority in the field of
high altitude illness, Dr. Hackett is currently the Clinical
Director of the Altitude Research Center at the University of
Colorado Denver Medical School and Director of The Institute for
Altitude Medicine in Telluride, Colorado. Like most people who
come to Telluride, Peter Hackett, M.D., was drawn by the
mountains. But more than the craggy vistas and powder skiing, he
was attracted by their elevation: They’re high enough to make
people sick.
>> More...
Paul
S. Auerbach, M.D.
Paul S. Auerbach, MD, MS, FACEP,
FAWM is Professor of Surgery in the Division of Emergency
Medicine at Stanford University. Dr. Auerbach is a Fellow of the
American College of Emergency Physicians and of the Academy of
Wilderness Medicine. Former Chief of Emergency Medicine at
Stanford University and Vanderbilt University, he is one of the
world’s leading authorities on wilderness medicine.
>> More...
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