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"Jet Lag" in Children
by Neal M. Kotin, M.D.
Doc Holiday discusses the best ways to adjust to a new time zone for parents and their cranky children.

Adoptions
by Dr. Bradley Connor
Families traveling to adopt a new family member must take special precautions to prevent unnecessary illness for themselves and for their newest bundle of joy.

Adoptive Children and Family Health
Family Travel Forum Staff
According to new research, adopted children and the families who make new homes for them face a special set of medical issues. Here are some tips on what to watch for.

Battling the Cold
by Neal M. Kotin, M.D.
A pediatrician shares many tips for protecting your kids from hypothermia.

Depressurizing Plane Flights
by Kyle McCarthy
Protect your baby's health and safety in-flight, and the sanity of other passengers, with these helpful air travel tips.

Doctor in the Casa?
Family Travel Forum Staff
Family Travel Forum provides a resource for health-related travel issues

Healthcare on the Road
by Neal M. Kotin, M.D.
Find out what medical essentials to pack and how to gain access to quality health care away from home if the need arises.

Home Remedies Can Be Helpful
Family Travel Forum Staff
With travel comes many opportunities for bumps, bruises and various ouches. Fortunately, most of the classic aches of childhood have tried 'n' home remedies to spare parents a midnight's hunt for the pharmacy.

Immunizations - Don't Leave Home Without Them
by Harris E. Burstin, M.D.
Doc Holiday on recommended immunizations, which regions are likely to require them, and where to get the shots you need.

Keeping Allergies & Asthma in Check
by Glen Luzong
Here are some medically proven tips to help you identify and overcome situations likely to aggravate asthma or allergies.

Motion Sickness
by Neal M. Kotin, M.D.
Motion sickness, though rarely dangerous, can be a big drag for a family on the go. Read the Doc's tips on prevention, medical and/or homeopathic remedies.

Protecting Young Eyes
by Harris E. Burstin, M.D.
FTF's resident doctor explains how early eye protection measures can prevent eye and eyelid damage from occuring during a child's adult years.

Selecting a Travel Medicine Clinic:
by Andrew Hard
The new field of travel medicine includes many medical specialties, such as infectious diseases, high altitude physiology, travel-related obstetrics, migration medicine, environmental health, tropical medicine and others.

Smooth Sailing Without Seasickness
by Harris E. Burstin, M.D.
Feeling Sick at Sea? Dr. Burstin tells you what to do.

Summertime: The Heat is On
by Harris E. Burstin, M.D.
The Doctor updates you on specific precautions to take during the blistering heat of summer, especially when traveling with very young children.

Suncare's My Three C's: Covered, Cool, Coated
by Neal M. Kotin, M.D.
Summer's coming and kids are vulnerable to dehydration and skin cancer from the sun. Yuk! Read on for tips on keeping children outdoors without worry.

Travel and the Common Cold
Family Travel Forum Staff
Feed and cold and starve a fever? Or is it starve a cold and feed a fever? Read on to find out the best way to deal with that annoying cold.

Travel Anxiety or Mummy Tummy?
by Harris E. Burstin, M.D.
What to do when your child has a tummy ache, from FTF's PhD.

Why Air Travel = Ear Trouble
by Neal M. Kotin, M.D.
Find out why air travel can be so painful for kids, and whether or not flying with a cold or ear infection poses a health hazard. Doc Holiday shares advice on how to eliminate ear pain.

 
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