Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet Helps Summer Travelers Beat Jet Lag
As the summer travel season begins, many vacation and business travelers will beat jet lag with the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne, Ill. (Vocus) June 1, 2009 -- As the summer travel season begins, many...Travel Guard Offering Free Assistance to Travelers Concerned With Swine Flu Outbreak's Impact
STEVENS POINT, Wis., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Travel Guard ( www.travelguard.com ) ( www.travelguard.ca ) announced today it is providing free emergency travel and medical assistance services and travel health information to U.S. and Canadian travelers affected by or concerned with the rec...InsureMyTrip.com Informs Travelers of Insurance Companies Response to Swine Flu
WARWICK, R.I., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of State today issued an alert recommending that American citizens avoid all nonessential travel to Mexico at this time due to a recent outbreak of Swine Flu. While the details of this global health concern continue to evolve, InsureMyTrip.co...Actress, Author Mariel Hemingway & Travelers Advantage Say: Traveling is a Time to be Even Healthier
NORWALK, Conn., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Just because you are traveling or on holiday doesn't mean you have to throw out all of your good health habits. In fact, it is an easier time to be healthy. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071212/NYWFNS2 ) Many Americans take...Winter Travelers Often Take Higher Risks While Overseas
MEDEX Global Group Recommends Covering Injuries from Snowboarding, Skiing, Scuba Diving, Extreme Travel and More Baltimore, Md. (Vocus) December 9, 2008-- This winter thousands of vacationers will venture overseas and engage in recreation that can lead to serious injur...Respiratory illnesses and dog bites a concern for travelers to China for 2008 Olympics
As 600,000 visitors and athletes gear up to travel to China for the 2008 Olympic Games, travelers should be most concerned about respiratory illnesses and dog bites, according to report by an Emory University travelers' health expert, her colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...Actress, Author Mariel Hemingway & Travelers Advantage Say: Treat Yourself To a Healthy Cruise
NORWALK, Conn., July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- People think it's hard to stay healthy when traveling, but cruises offer many opportunities to eat right and stay fit. For example, top-notch cruise lines have excellent menu selections, so if you order carefully your delicious meals will also be good fo...Cephalon Announces Positive Results from a Phase Three Study of NUVIGIL in Jet Lag Disorder
...ute circadian rhythm sleep disorder that results from rapid travel across several time zones. This disorder affects approximately 70 million American travelers annually and gradually resolves once a person adjusts to the new local time. Circadian rhythm sleep disorders are disruptions in a person's inte...Focus Diagnostics Launches Laboratory Test for Chikungunya Virus
...r antiviral treatment for the disease. In recent years, chikungunya has exhibited potential to spread to new regions. The CDC has reported that some travelers who visited India during an epidemic in 2006 that affected approximately 1.25 million individuals returned to the U.S. infected with the virus. The Wo...Afghanistan declares its first national park
...virtually all of which are on the UNESCO World Heritage list and are major international tourist attractions. Band-e-Amir had been a destination for travelers since the 1950s, with a peak visitation in the 1970s. Tourism was almost entirely absent during the war years between 1979-2001. Today, Band-e-Amir ...K-State using Second Life island to help high school students learn earth science
... A mysterious island that moves through time. travelers in search of answers. It sounds something like the science fiction television show "Lost," but it also describes a new approach to teaching earth s...Communication Intelligence Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2008 Results
...m Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Sony Ericsson Corp., Snap-on Credit LLC, travelers Indemnity Company ("Travelers"), Tennessee Valley Authority and Wells Fargo...cial Group, AGLA, Prudential, State Farm, two recent wins with Allstate and travelers in the last half of 2008, together with pending orders from other insurance...No place like home: New theory for how salmon, sea turtles find their birthplace
...ated "magnetic map" sense that helps them navigate to specific areas rich in food. Sea turtles and salmon are among nature's most impressive ocean travelers but, no matter how long or far they journey, both seem to remember where home is. Some populations of sea turtles, for example, cross entire oceans an...New study indicates smallpox vaccination effective for decades
...ble for someone else. Current recommendations relating to smallpox vaccination has been that people with repeated exposure to smallpox, for example travelers to endemic areas, should be revaccinated every five years. This study suggests that such reimmunizations may not be necessary because multiple vaccina...Climate change opens new avenue for spread of invasive plants
...un, so to speak, their enemies from the southern range." Often, exotic plants and animals are introduced to new continents or geographic regions by travelers and commerce. Separation from their natural enemies can drive their invasive success in the new range. But, increasingly, the distribution of many spe...Communication Intelligence Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
...y attributable to Altria, Fiserv/Integrasys, Palm Inc., Phoenix Life Insurance, Prudential Insurance, Sony Ericsson, Snap-on Credit, Misys Healthcare, travelers Insurance and Wells Fargo Bank. The operating loss for the three months ended September 30, 2008, before interest expense and amortization of the lo...Study finds high mortality of endangered loggerhead sea turtles in Baja California
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...leading supplier of up-to-date flight information to the airline industry for decades, and we believe mobile devices are a perfect medium for business travelers to access this valuable asset. We have started with the WAP site, and intend to bring best-of-breed design to Java(TM) clients that will similarly tak...Clear(R) Secures $44.4 Million in Venture Funding
...ity fast pass business, and it is well on its way to providing the nation's travelers the best, most effective way to get easy access to their flights," said Den..., operated by Verified Identity Pass, Inc., has signed up more than 200,000 travelers nationwide. Clear cards are accepted at 18 U.S. airports: Albany, Cincinnat...Vi typhoid vaccine proves highly effective in young children
...be directed towards prevention through vaccines. Safe and effective vaccines against typhoid fever exist, but they are used primarily for affluent travelers to developing countries, rather than for the poor residing in these countries, who account for almost all the global burden of typhoid morbidity and m...DHS Begins Test of Biometric Exit Procedures at Two U.S. Airports
... Next step toward deploying biometric exit procedures for international travelers WASHINGTON, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Sec...rts of entry will continue to follow current exit procedures, which require travelers to return their paper Form I-94 (Arrival-Departure Record) or Form I-94W (f...Intercell Announces European Approval of New Vaccine, IXIARO(R), to Prevent Japanese Encephalitis
...cell's IXIARO, the first licensed vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis for travelers and military personnel in Europe -- This final decision follows the p...end vaccination as the only highly effective protection for the millions of travelers and military personnel who live in or travel to areas where the virus circu...Intercell Announces FDA Approval of IXIARO(R), a Novel Vaccine to Prevent Japanese Encephalitis
...t, a new vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis for travelers and military personnel - Commercial product ...y manufactured for the U.S. market - will be adult travelers and military personnel who visit or are deployed t...ly highly effective protection for the millions of travelers and military personnel who live in or travel to ar...New study indicates smallpox vaccination effective for decades
...ble for someone else. Current recommendations relating to smallpox vaccination has been that people with repeated exposure to smallpox, for example travelers to endemic areas, should be revaccinated every five years. This study suggests that such reimmunizations may not be necessary because multiple vaccina...Vaccine Against the Chikungunya Virus in Development by a Public-Private Partnership
...ow been confirmed in various European countries. It appears to be spread by travelers returning from affected countries. In France, there have been more than one...can be used not only to protect people living in the endemic area, but also travelers traveling to those areas. The groups that are going to work together...New study indicates smallpox vaccination effective for decades
...ble for someone else. Current recommendations relating to smallpox vaccination has been that people with repeated exposure to smallpox, for example travelers to endemic areas, should be revaccinated every five years. This study suggests that such reimmunizations may not be necessary because multiple vaccina...