Health

Travel is tough, but the traveler needs to be tougher. Here’s how Gar Williams, the 66 year old Senior Vagabond stays fit enough to continue moving through the world.

A question from a reader who is a chronic carrier of Hepatitis B who is wondering if he will fail his mandatory health exam and be denied a Chinese residence permit because of it.

Something was making me sick in the apartment I just moved into in Xiamen, so I left. This is the security of the perpetual travel lifestyle.

A little cut or abrasion on your foot can easily lead to an infection and an otherwise unnecessary medical situation if wearing sandals.

Yes, there are mycotoxins in coffee but this is no reason to be scared away from it.

Want to reduce the effect of environmental pollution and food contaminants? Keep traveling.

I drink bad milk and pay the price. Getting sick is part of travel, it just hits a little harder when you know you did it to yourself.

I got out of bed this morning after a sleepless night of coughing, wheezing, and going through the rounds of some kind of head cold/ respiratory infection nightmare. China’s air pollution is taking another hit at me. This is an ongoing affair for just about anybody who lives in this country. Among other hazardous chemicals [...]

There is a new set of morality that has arising in various cultures around the world (especially the USA) that revolves around food and the idea of health. The cult of “health food” is rampant, and I can’t say how many times that I’ve listened to people making social status plays by bragging about their [...]