Avoid getting toasted in Taos or wilting in Washington, D.C. Get expert advice on how to avoid "suffering by degrees" and learn how to recognize and promptly treat a variety of heat-related health problems.

How to Stand Up to Summer
Your resident "Heat Counselor" offers safe workouts, sun-protection strategies, and more to help you breeze through summer even if you're not lolling by the pool.

► Tips and Strategies for Staying Healthy—and Comfortable

► How to KO Summer's Sultry Side Effects

► Sun-Exposure: Check out Pitfalls, Protection, and Resources

• You Can't Afford Not to Take a Vacation: Why Time Away Can Improve Your Health

• How Your Vacation Can Revitalize Your Career

• WebMD Travel Trip Advisory

• Natural Health Magazine: What Every Globe-Trotter Must Know to Stay Healthy

• Mayo Clinic's Global Travel Planning Tips

► Whether you're hitting the road for business or enjoying some leisure travel, you need your energy and stamina for extra-long days of activity. Spend 20 minutes exercising with the new Zone Workout Series™ of hotel-room, On-Demand videos and you'll be ready for a sunrise-to-sunset day of meetings, shopping, sightseeing, or theme-park trekking. Click here to preview the five videos.

Exercise for Fun and Energy

• Roberta Lenard: "10 Tips for a Sizzling Summer Shape-Up"

• Leah Garcia, The Fitness Barista, Offers Strategies for Staying 'Naturally Caffeinated'

• Prevention Magazine: How to Stay Cool on Summer Walks

• Exercise to Stay Energized on Your Vacation

• Vacation Without Adding Pounds

• 'Off-the-Rack' Exercises: Towel Up!

• New to Mountain Biking? Here's How to Handle the Hills

• Everybody Into the Pool! If laps or an aquatic workout are your passion, check out The Swimmers’ Guide Online.  Its comprehensive (It’s updated regularly and includes over 11,000 entries for full-size, year-round pools in over 100 countries.) database lets you easily locate a nearby swimming pool. The listings detail addresses, fees, access restrictions, hours, number/type of pools and even include water temperatures and pool dimensions!

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Summer Survival Guides

• WebMD's Summer Survival Guide

Summer-Health Issues, Concerns

• Are You Summer-Safety Savvy? Take iVillage's Quiz

Germ-Protection Strategies

• You're Right to Worry! Germs Are Everywhere

Lyme Disease

• Preventing and Treating Lyme Disease

• A Lyme-Disease Primer

West Nile Virus

• CDC: How to Reduce Your Risk of Getting the West Nile Virus

Avoiding Bug, Insect Bites, Problems

• Subscribe to WebMD Bug Bites Newsletter

• Do You Attract Mosquitoes?

How and Why Some Folks Seem to Act Like 'Mosquito Magnets'

• The 411 on Mosquito Repellants

• Bugs Be Gone! Lisa Iannucci Offers Tips and Strategies for Preventing Bites (and Worse!)

Safe Sunning

• Safe Sunning: A Sunscreen Primer

• Mayo Clinic's Q&A on Sun Protection

• The Green Guide: To Be Sun-Safe, Go Beyond Sunscreen

Travelers' Diarrhea

• New Oral Antibiotic May Prevent Montezuma's Revenge

• How to Keep Travelers' Diarrhea From Ruining Your Trip

Summer Headaches

• About.com's Teri Robert Offers Strategies to KO Summer Headaches

Water Safety, Water-Borne Illnesses

• Water-Borne Illnesses Reach New Highs (Tips, Cautions)

Handling Common Summer Problems

• How-Tos for Handling Common Summer Problems (Eye problems, muscle cramps, infections, and more)

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In-Flight Fitness

• Physical Therapists Offer Cabin Exercises to Prevent Discomfort, DVT

Healthy Food Options and Food-Safety Tips:

Food Safety

• Food Poisoning: What You Must Know

• How-Tos for Preventing Food Poisoning

• Food Safety Tips for Healthy Picnics

Food Allergies

• Got Food Allergies? What You Need to Know to Protect Yourself in Any Food Venue

Healthy Eating

• Avoiding Hidden Calories in Favorite Summer Drinks

• Want to eat healthy and well on the road? Don't leave home without Healthy Highways: The Traveler's Guide to Healthy Eating (Ceres Press, $18.95

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Minimizing Your Summer-Health Risks

• Understanding Summer's Health Risks

• Discovery Health's Top Ten Beach Hazards

• Too Much Sun Exposure Could Increase Risk of Macular Degeneration

• Track West Nile Virus Activity by State

Rest, Relax, Renew--Have Fun!

• Check Out the Cleanest Beaches

On the Newsstand: Expert Advice

Prevention: 42 Healthy Fast-Food Choices

Men's Health: Lower-Body Beach Workout

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Resources

► Poison Hotline:

American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC): 1-800-222-1222 for poison emergencies and poison-related questions; 24/7; free

► International Society of Travel Medicine: Find a travel-health clinic or physician around the U.S. or the globe

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DISCLAIMER
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