Though our skin needs sun to produce Vitamin D, that takes just minutes per day of unprotected exposure. The rest of the time, say experts, you’re wise to cover up. By Deborah…
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Travelling with your kids can be the best risk you’ve ever taken—or the worst decision you’ve ever made. Guess what makes the difference? By Deborah Sanborn | Outpost Travel Media To avoid one…
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Altitude sickness should “never be fatal by definition,” says Dr. Ken Zafren, meaning it’s like chickenpox—unpleasant and discomforting, but rarely life-threatening. Yet it can be, adds the mountain and wilderness medical expert,…
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The toxic truth about cheap alternatives and the underground market for fake medicines abroad.
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Access to long sunny days and tropical warmth is a big draw for the Canadian traveller. The key is to know when to say when! By Fina Scroppo | Outpost Travel Media…
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It’s almost legendary among Eco-Challenge elites—the race of 2000, where so many athletes go sick with leptospirosis “They had a river swim in the middle of the race, and of the teams…
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Necessity is the mother of invention—not such a cliche when it comes to the history of modern food-safety practices. By Deborah Sanborn | Outpost Travel Media It was at the height of…
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The lack of CPR training in the lay population is a big factor in the abysmally low survival rates for out-of-hospital heart attacks When it actually happened, Robert Brodey could hardly believe it. Sitting in a…
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Travelling with a boatload of pills for your pre-existing condition? Here’s how to do it and not end up behind a set of foreign bars From a very young age, Will Pocock,…
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Leslie Anthony has been bitten by snakes—“thousands of times.”