travel risks and preventive strategies: an overview

An Eye on Travel: An Overview of Travel-Related Ocular Complications

Travellers are at risk of a diverse range of environmental and infectious conditions, some of which may affect the eyes and lead to blindness in severe cases. Travel-related ocular infections include onchocerciasis, leishmaniasis, cysticercosis, trachoma, dengue, loiasis, and leptospirosis. The travel medicine adviser should also recognise other hazards encountered during travel which may adver...

An overview of preventive strategies for pancreatic cancer.

Cancer chemoprevention is defined as the use of specific chemical compounds to prevent, inhibit or reverse carcinogenesis. Chemopreventive intervention can occur throughout carcinogenesis. Many specific food components (e.g. calcium, selenium, folic acid) may also be suitable for chemopreventive use. Chemopreventive drugs are usually administered chronically and are expected to have low toxicit...

Rapid loss of intraportally transplanted islets: an overview of pathophysiology and preventive strategies.

Islets isolated from multiple pancreas donors are often necessary to achieve euglycemia in type 1 diabetic patients treated by islet allotransplantation. This increases the burden on the limited pool of donor organs. After infusion into the portal vein, a substantial percentage of islets are lost in the immediate post-transplant period through an inflammatory response termed the instant blood-m...

Climate Change Risks and Policies: An Overview

The risks of alcohol and effective preventive practicesThe risks of alcohol and effective preventive practices

Background: Alcohol consumption has been linked to several injuries such as motor vehicle crashes, falls, drowning, fires and burns, and violence. Despite the many efforts and the implementation of health policies at both community and national level, the burden of alcoholrelated injuries, especially among young people, is still unacceptably high in many European Union (EU) countries. Aim: The ...

Travel Agency Awareness of the Health Risks of International Travel; A Pilot Study

Introduction: Travel agencies may be consulted by intending travelers seeking pre-travel health advice. Travel agents should be equipped to deal with such queries and have access to a source of high quality travel health advice. This study aimed to establish the level of knowledge of travel health risks among Irish travel agencies. Methods: A web-based su...