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Travel Precautions

Vector-borne diseases are infections transmitted by insects that harbor parasitic, viral, or bacterial organisms. Common diseases include yellow fever and malaria, but there are many others in every country in the world.

The risk for malaria and other mosquito-born infections is highest when mosquitoes feed, between dusk and dawn.

Insect Repellents

DEET. Most insect repellents contain the chemical DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide), which remains the gold standard of currently avai...

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Expert & Community Posts

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs

By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert

...to spray bedding. There are special shampoos for head lice, and again, bedding should be washed.... Read more »

Dandruff: Diagnosis and Treatment

By Sue Chung , Health Expert

...coal tar shampoo, which was used in the past to kill head lice and can be effective at treating... Read more »

Insect Repellents and Your Skin

By Sue Chung , Health Expert

...Permethrin is also the active ingredient used to treat head lice and can be found in tick... Read more »

Is It Migraine? Tension-Type Headache? What?

By Teri Robert , Health Expert

What IS your head pain? How should you treat it? So. Here it is, another day . . . and another... Read more »

Is it Herpes, Or Another STD?

By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert

...the genital area. However, how many of you have treated what you thought was a herpes outbreak... Read more »

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Health Guide

Encephalitis: Viral: Prevention

...child's eyes and mouth, but also on the hands (since children frequently touch their faces).Wash any treated skin after going back inside.If using a spray, apply DEET outdoors -- never indoors.... Read more »

Headaches: Tension: Causes

...persistent tension-type or migraine headaches in both adults and children. Such headaches should be treated as if they were the primary types. The risk for tension headaches may persist for years... Read more »

Headaches: Cluster: Causes

...blow to the head will cause pain. In most cases, the pain is similar to tension-type headache and is treated in the same way as the primary headache. Post-injury headaches, however, can reflect... Read more »

Endometriosis: Causes

...unclear, however, how this response relates to endometriosis itself and whether endometriosis should be treated as an autoimmune condition.Growth Factors and Angiogenesis. Macrophages also produce... Read more »

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Staging Systems

...SystemsTests to Determine Cancer Stage. After diagnosing non-small cell lung cancer, the doctor makes treatment choices by determining the cancer's stage (how large the tumor is and how far the... Read more »

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