Oct 16th, 2009 at 5:00PM: Another Friday is upon us here at Gadling, and after that balloon kid fiasco yesterday, which also happened to be Blog Action Day, I think we need a good few days of rest. So cuddle up with these cool weekend reads and enjoy what I hope will be a drama-free weekend!
Our Sex and the Woods friends offer up some hilarious advice and commentary on travel romance in the age of social media. [via ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Gadlinks for Friday 10.16.09
Oct 16th, 2009 at 5:00PM: Another Friday is upon us here at Gadling, and after that balloon kid fiasco yesterday, which also happened to be Blog Action Day, I think we need a good few days of rest. So cuddle up with these cool weekend reads and enjoy what I hope will be a drama-free weekend!
Our Sex and the Woods friends offer up some hilarious advice and commentary on travel romance in the age of social media. [via ...Ten Bugs You Really Want To Avoid
May 16th, 2009 at 8:00AM: One of the scariest things when you travel is encountering crazy insects in the places you visit. For some reason, I always seem to encounter bugs the size of my hand that look like something out of Aliens and generally pack a pretty nasty bite and/or sting. Seems I'm not the only one, because the gang over at Environmental Graffiti have put together a list of the 10 most diabolical insects on ...Lariam Dreams (which pills do you pop?)
Sep 10th, 2008 at 10:30AM: If you've traveled to a tropical country, you've probably heard of Mefloquine. It is the most popular prophylactic against malaria, and is often sold under its trade name, Lariam. Lariam can have some serious side effects such as depression, anxiety, paranoia, nightmares and insomnia. You might say, "having nightmares is better than catching malaria and ending up in a hospital or worse." I'm sure ...Doc, I have malaria...why are you looking down there?
Apr 7th, 2008 at 11:00AM: Medical News Today ran an interesting article covering the efficacy of rectally given anti-malarial medications. The purpose of using a suppository to deliver the medicine, Artemisinins, is a fairly new concept and can prove useful to prevent a life-threatening delay of intra-venous medications to combat severe forms of malaria.
The study looked at over 1000 patients and compared rectal ...New Species of Malaria?
Jan 17th, 2008 at 3:00PM: Malaria, the ever changing, always-evolving, world-sized killer, is responsible for 350-500-million infections and over 1,000,000 deaths per year. Further, 41% of the world's population lives in a "malaria-risk zone." Malaria is an illness that any traveler to the tropics needs to consider, and begin to plan for, months before a trip. And with a newly discovered species of malaria, things could ...Easy, Portable Bug Chaser
May 14th, 2007 at 11:15AM: When I lived in Zambia, keeping mosquitoes at bay was a challenge. The Peace Corps gave us DEET so heavy-duty that it melted everything it touched, which made slathering it on my legs pretty unappealing. Soon, I began burning mosquito coils. Cheap and effective, after 3 years, I had little burn marks all over my home from where I had balanced them, forgotten them, and discovered them after they ...Genetically Modified Mosquito Could Fight Malaria
Apr 24th, 2007 at 1:45PM: Malaria is spread by a parasite known as Plasmodium. Endemic in parts of Asia, Africa, and central and south America, the organism is passed to humans through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito. Each year, malaria makes 300 million people ill and causes 1,000,000+ deaths worldwide. An estimated 90% of malaria cases are in sub-Saharan Africa, where a child dies of malaria every 30 seconds. When I ...Take Those Malaria Pills!!!
Apr 10th, 2006 at 10:33PM: Let's say you're on your way to vaca abroad in
some foreign land where the food is strange and even a little smelly, they drive on the opposite side of the road and
perhaps the locals are less inclined to wear deodorant; these are all things you can live with upon your return home.
Now let's also imagine someone told you about an infected mosquito carrying a tiny pet parasite that could ...Malaria Prevention Wristwatch
Jan 28th, 2006 at 9:16AM: This one made me do a
double-take, but upon reading the details I have to say I'm totally fascinated. A South African inventor named Gervan
Lubbe has come up with a wristwatch that can
supposedly help you detect malaria, should you find yourself in a boggy, distant land where such a disease is a
problem. The battery-operated device takes a blood sample from your wrist four times a day and checks ...
