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October 3, 2011 by kidstra

Thank you for making our website, KidsTravelDoc and our newsletter, TenTips the sources for keeping kids healthy and safe for travel and outdoor recreational activities. TenTips has almost 7,000 subscribers in about 55 countries. Our articles frequently make the top five references on Google. In fact, we have many more readers than subscribers. Many of […]

Filed Under: Outdoor Recreation, Prevention, Safe & Healthy Travel, Travel

Children /Hotel Bathrooms/Safety

August 24, 2011 by kidstra

Warning: hotel bathrooms are hazardous for your children – even more hazardous than the bathrooms in your home.  1. Upscale hotel plumbing is all about sleek appearance. Even adults have difficulty deciphering the numerous knobs on tubs and showers, for example. One never knows where the water is going to come out, and at what […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Prevention, Safe & Healthy Travel Tagged With: bathroom accidents, bathroom hazards, bathroom safety children, children safety, Dr. Karl Neumann, hot water, hotel bathrom safety, hotel bathroom, hotel bathroom accidents, hotel bathtubs, slip-proof, toilet drowning, water pressure

Children/Hot Weather/Keeping Children Cool and Healthy

August 7, 2011 by kidstra
heat index

Common sense, air conditioning and readily available drinking water have greatly reduced the incidence of heat-related illness in infants and children. But don’t let your vigil down. Cases do still occur, generally due to lack of forethought, and sometimes with horrific results. Here is what you must know: 1. The younger the child, the more […]

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Traveling Healthy

July 4, 2011 by kidstra
kids travel doctor

Polio in Russia.  Measles in France. E. coli in Germany. Diseases that are particularly harmful to children. Diseases that you thought you would no longer hear much about are popping up in countries where you least expect to find them. Health-wise, is foreign travel become more hazardous?   1. On the contrary. Foreign travel is […]

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New Recommendations for Infant Car Safety Seats

May 19, 2011 by kidstra
infant car seat

Just when you thought that you knew all you had to know about children’s car safety seats, the experts come up with a slew of new recommendations, forcing you to rethink what you were sure that you already knew. 1. The new recommendations:  Children should ride in rear-facing safety seats until they are two years […]

Filed Under: Outdoor Recreation, Prevention, Safe & Healthy Travel, Travel Tagged With: AAP, car accidents, car seats, children, front-facing car seats, infant car safety seats, kids car seats, kids travel doctor, nhtsa, parents, pediatrics, rear-facing safety seats, safe car seats

The Modern Medical Kit for Family Travel

March 27, 2011 by kidstra
Medical Kit Kid Travel Doctor

The Modern Medical Kit for Family Travel A small, customized medical kit can be a real lifesaver when traveling with children.  Never leave home without one. 1. Technology is the new first aid. Cell phones enable you to consult with all your child’s health care providers – pediatricians, orthodontists and allergists, for example.  (Surprise! they […]

Filed Under: Prevention, Safe & Healthy Travel Tagged With: Allergies, allergists, antibiotics, children, diagnosis, Dr. Karl Neumann, emergency numbers, health insurance, immunization records, Kids Travel Doc, medical issues, Medical kit, Medications, orthodontists, pediatricians, personalized first aid kit, reimbursement, smartphone, travel doctor, World Health Organization

Children/Measles /Travel

March 4, 2011 by kidstra

Caution: travel is hazardous for children who are not fully immunized. And it doesn’t matter who is doing the traveling – your child or perfect strangers. • Example: Last month, a woman with a communicable case of measles traveled by air from London to New Mexico, stopping at airports in Baltimore, Denver, and Albuquerque. Similar […]

Filed Under: Air Travel, Prevention, Safe & Healthy Travel, Vaccinations Tagged With: Air Travel, aircraft, chickenpox, contagious viral disease, immunized, Malaria, measles, measles autism wakefield, new vaccines, pertussis, polio, quarantine, rubella, Travel, travel-related diseases, traveling overseas, vaccinating children, vaccine-preventable diseases, Venice, whooping cough

Lost Children / Prevention / Preparation

January 3, 2011 by kidstra
lost child

Remind children about “freeze” before taking trips, visiting amusements parks, and outings in rural areas. Remind them of what?  Yes. Freeze. This is a game in which children run about until a designated caller yells, “Freeze!” The children stop in their tracks (freeze) and remain in that place until the caller gives the all-clear signal […]

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Thanksgiving Health Alert

November 16, 2010 by kidstra
National Health Day

When your family gathers for Thanksgiving Day, use the opportunity to gather information about the health of all your relatives. Such information may help improve your own health, that of your children, and that of unborn generation. In the U.S, the Surgeon General has declared Thanksgiving Day as National Family Health Day. However, any family […]

Filed Under: Prevention Tagged With: biological relatives, cancer, children, cholesterol, Diabetes, family history, genes, genetics, heart disease, hypertension, My Family Health Portrait, national family health day, relatives, Thanksgiving health

Seasonal Affective Disorder in Children

November 5, 2010 by kidstra
Depressed Child

A frequent dose of sunshine is the right tonic to keep your kids hale and hearty if you reside where winters are long and the days short. Here is what you should know: 1. Sunlight helps minimize being sad and having SAD.  Sad (small letters) is having the “winter blues.”  SAD (capital letters) stands for […]

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