Sherilyn Houle
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 12/15/2024
What’s new in vaccines?
Given this rapid pace of growth, it can be challenging to keep current. This article offers an overview of vaccines recently approved and/or marketed in Canada to help make sense of all these recent changes. - 10/29/2024
Getting your zzz’s while overseas: A guide to jet lag
Melatonin is generally used for eastward travel only, since westward travel is easier to adapt to naturally, making melatonin unnecessary unless travel spans 12 or more time zones. - 6/16/2024
Why the Canadian Immunization Guide should be our first stop for vaccination decision-making
Vaccinations are an important—but not the only—component of any travel consultation. - 12/3/2023
Big adventures for little explorers—Considerations for travelling with children
A 2022 U.S. survey found that 85% of parents reported being likely or very likely to travel as a family in the next 12 months, representing an increase from pre-pandemic levels of 70% in 2019. - 4/12/2023
Assisting last-minute travellers
Whether through lack of knowledge or emergency, some patients simply won't have the typical time needed to handle pretravel health details. - 8/3/2022
The Golden Years: Providing pretravel care for older adults
Older adults may take longer to adjust to changes in altitude or humidity, and be more prone to motion sickness, jet lag, insomnia and constipation. - 3/21/2022
Common drug interactions in travel medicine
Consideration of the nature and duration of travel should be part of any interaction assessment.
