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Crew Health Advice: Dry January - A Guide for Seafarers What is Dry January?  Dry January is a public health campaign that encourages people to abstain from alcohol for the entire month of…

Crew Health Advice: Eliminating shipboard bullying and harassment The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) recognised the negative effect that bullying and harassment can have on seafarer health and…

Crew Health Advice: Empowering crew members is key to preventing Adjustment Disorder The Club reports a case of a crew member recently repatriated following a period of insomnia and heart…

Crew Health Advice: Excessive stress and panic attacks Seafarers, who are often exposed to adverse working conditions with multiple stressors, are a population at acute risk of panic…

Crew Health Advice: Exercise as a Mental Health Enhancer Understanding the Seafaring Lifestyle The life of a seafarer is far from ordinary. Long durations away from home, confined living and…

Crew Health Advice: Gallstone and Gallbladder Disease Introduction The gallbladder is a small, pouch-like organ found underneath the liver. Its main purpose within the body is to store and…

Crew Health Advice: Grief - Our Journey to Healing Loss is an inevitable, fundamental truth of life that bonds people together. Grief is the emotional suffering we experience when we lose someone or…

Crew Health Advice: Haemorrhoids Haemorrhoids have been identified as a cause of seafarer repatriation across various studies, and the UK Club continue to see claims as a result of this illness.…

Crew Health Advice: Heart Disease Keeping your heart healthy, whatever your age, is the most important thing you can do to help prevent and manage heart disease. Heart disease and heart…

Crew Health Advice: Hepatitis B - The silent epidemic Dr. Balaji of Balaji Medical Centre, Chennai, India, explains why hepatitis B, a little known infection, kills more people worldwide than…