Show 902: Staying Healthy on Vacation
The People's Pharmacy
Joe and Terry Graedon
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2013
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Summer vacation is right around the corner. We hope you have delightful travel plans, whether they will take you across the country, around the world, or just beyond the back yard. What can you do to stay healthy while on vacation?
Pack Your First-Aid Kit:
What are the best first-aid items to tuck in your luggage? We’ll provide some practical advice for common ailments you might encounter on the road. Here’s the CDC’s recommendations for packing your travel kit.
Medical Insurance Abroad:
You may want to check with your insurance company before you leave the country to find out if you will be covered abroad. If not, consider travel insurance. IAMAT is a non-profit organization that offers a way to find a doctor who speaks English in countries that don’t.
Check Your Medications:
If you are traveling abroad, make sure your list of drugs that you take has the generic names. These usually don’t change from country to country. If you need to look up brand names of foreign drugs, this link can help.
Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite!
Staying in hotels or hostels can mean exposure to bedbugs. We’ll tell you what to look out for and how to keep from bringing them home.
We welcome listener questions and stories about staying healthy on vacation.
This Week’s Guest:
Coby Schal, PhD, is the Blanton J. Whitmire Distinguished Professor in the Department of Entomology at the North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Joe Graydon. |
| 0:02.4 | I'm Terry Graydon. |
| 0:03.9 | Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines. |
| 0:10.2 | This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream. |
| 0:16.0 | 800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com. |
| 0:21.6 | Are you planning a vacation this summer? |
| 0:33.6 | What should you take along in your traveling first aid kit? |
| 0:39.6 | This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graven. |
| 0:50.5 | Even if you're not planning a long trip, day hikes and bike rides can trigger minor emergencies. |
| 0:56.3 | What should you carry to deal with leg cramps, blisters, or minor burns? |
| 1:00.0 | If you fall off your bike or scrape your knee while hiking, what can you do to stop the bleeding? |
| 1:05.5 | Handy remedies from the drugstore or kitchen can fit easily in your backpack. |
| 1:10.0 | Hotel rooms and hostels may harbor unwanted guests. |
| 1:13.1 | How do you keep from bringing bedbugs home? |
| 1:15.4 | Is there anything you can do to get rid of them? |
| 1:17.7 | Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, |
| 1:19.7 | your questions and stories about staying healthy while traveling. |
| 1:25.0 | First, this news. |
| 1:29.0 | In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, Ground Turkey is frequently contaminated with bacteria that could make us sick. |
| 1:37.4 | That's the conclusion from a Consumer Reports investigation of ground turkey purchased in grocery stores nationwide. Of 257 packages analyzed, |
| 1:47.0 | 90% tested positive for bacteria. Over half the samples contained fecal bacteria such as E. coli. |
| 1:55.0 | Other disease-causing germs, such as salmonella and staphoreas also showed up in many samples. |
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