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Feeling woozy? Here's advice from on high

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Acute mountain sickness can sometimes strike when people rapidly ascend to elevations of 8,000 feet or more. Symptoms include headache, nausea and sleeplessness. Over-exertion and dehydration may also contribute to the severity of the symptoms.

Author: Barry, Michele
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Conde Nast Traveler
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0893-9683
Year: 1992
Care and treatment, Physiological aspects, Altitude, Influence of, Mountain sickness, Altitude sickness

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What you should know about traveling while pregnant

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Expectant mothers can travel safely if some precautions are followed, particularly in the first trimester. Tips on flying, immunizations, malaria, traveler's diarrhea and activities are presented.

Author: Barry, Michele
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Conde Nast Traveler
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0893-9683
Year: 1992
Pregnant women

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And now, the Eurotick

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A form of Lyme disease called Bannwarth's syndrome is a danger to travelers in Sweden, Germany's Black Forest and Austria. Precautions for travelers and treatments are discussed.

Author: Barry, Michele
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Conde Nast Traveler
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0893-9683
Year: 1992
Europe, Lyme disease

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