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Crew Health Advice: Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's disease is rarely diagnosed in active seafarers or a cause for medical repatriation. However, Parkinson's is a neurological disorder that affects…

Crew Health Advice: Positive Self-Esteem The value of a positive self-esteem? Self-esteem can heavily influence people's choices and decisions. It serves a motivational function by making it more…

Crew Health Advice: Preventing and reducing malaria transmission Recently, UK Club Members reported cases of death and two cases of serious illness (three months in hospital each) due to malaria.…

Crew Health Advice: Prostate Cancer To highlight Men's Health Awareness Month, the Club's Crew Health Team have compiled this critical advice on prostate cancer in collaboration with Red Square…

Crew Health Advice: Pulmonary Tuberculosis Seafarers, by the nature of their work, are exposed to a variety of occupational hazards, including epidemic diseases such as tuberculosis. The UK P&I…

Crew Health Advice: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and Winter Blues While the holiday season can bring about some unwanted stress, there are some scientific reasons why your mood can be affected…

Crew Health Advice: Sleep Deprivation Are your crew members getting enough sleep? A recent US study into sleep found that sleep deprivation is one of the main contributory causes of…

Crew Health Advice: Supporting crew suffering from Back Pain Herniated discs, strains, sprains, inflammation, stiffness and tenderness are just some of the back pain symptoms reported to the UK Club…

Crew Health Advice: Supporting crew suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder The UK Club Crew Health team were recently asked to source support for seafarers who had sadly witnessed the…

Crew Health Advice: Tackling mental health issues Mental health affects crew of all ages, nationalities and ranks. A recent analysis of crew mental health revealed anxiety, social isolation, pressure…