Travel Health and Medicine

Mother reaches out to others with HIV

7 Feb 2012

Nashville mother on living with HIV: Catherine Wyatt-Morley, founder of W.O.M.E.N talks about living with HIV and how it has affected her family.

New guidelines suggest DVT prophylaxis not appropriate for all patients

6 Feb 2012

( American College of Chest Physicians ) New evidence-based guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians recommend considering individual patients' risk of thrombosis when deciding for or against the use of preventive therapies for deep vein thrombosis and venous thromboembolism. Furthermore, the ACCP now indicates aspirin is an option for the prevention of DVT/VTE in major ...

New DVT guidelines: No evidence to support 'economy class syndrome'

6 Feb 2012

( American College of Chest Physicians ) New evidence-based guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians address the many risk factors for developing a deep vein thrombosis, or blood clot, as the result of long-distance travel. These risk factors include the use of oral contraceptives, sitting in a window seat, advanced age, and pregnancy.