New Way To Make Astronauts Sleep
...g shuttle astronauts. During two shuttle flights last year, five astronauts took eithermelatonin or a placebo before sleep. On some days they wore a simple wristwatchmonitor, while on others they wore numerous electrodes and monitors to recordtheir sleep patterns. Melatonin had no effect ...First brain cancer surgeries using new space-age probe are successful
... The LEDs have been used on seven Space Shuttle flights inside theASTROCULTURE facility, a plant growth chamber developed by the Wisconsin Centerfor Space Automation and Robotics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a NASACommercial Space Center. The Commercial Space Centers are part of the SpaceProdu...... Southwestern. AEDs were first put on over-water flights and then added to all other American Airline flights. Flight attendants received four hours of classroom and workshop instruction followed annually by a refresher course and examination. Dr. Page, an associate professor of medicine, said a means of ......rasound scans within 24 hours before and after the flights to determine if DVT had occurred. These data suggest that a single dose of enoxaparin is an important consideration for high risk patients prior to a prolonged flight, said researcher Gianni Belcaro, PhD., of the University of Chieti in Chieti, Ital...'Star Wars' like technology closer than galaxies far away
...he device for use on space missions. From shuttle flights and aboard the ISS to future interplanetary missions, the device could provide emergency medical care for injuries or conditions that might otherwise halt a mission. The space-qualifiable version will be lightweight, portable and versatile. The grou...Alzheimer's drug improves pilots' performance on tests
... of 52. First, the pilots conducted seven practice flights on a flight simulator to train them to perform a complex series of instructions. Then half of them took the drug donepezil for 30 days and half took a placebo. They then took the flight simulator test twice more to see if they had retained the traini...Recirculated airplane cabin air does not cause more colds
...researchers were unable to study passengers taking flights longer than two hours, since planes that do not re...ively on shorter routes. "It could be that longer flights would result in more exposure and more colds," Balmes said. "We couldn't study that." Balmes points ...'Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day' -- Really?
...such as strenuous physical activity, long airplane flights or hot weather. But barring those exceptions, he concludes that we are currently drinking enough and possibly even more than enough. Despite the dearth of compelling evidence, then, What's the harm? "The fact is that, potentially, there is harm even ...Foot pressure device may stamp out muscle loss
...Layne's first boots, and data collected from those flights indicated that continuous foot pressure from the boots resulted in enhanced muscle activity in the crew's legs as they moved about their daily routine. Now Layne and his UH colleagues are taking space boot technology another step forward. Working wi...NSF considers alternatives for treating ill South Pole worker
...the program's airlift capacity. Usually, the first flights into coastal McMurdo take place at the end of September. Flights to the South Pole, however, do not begin until late October or early November, when temperatures have increased. The average temperature at the Pole at this time of year is 60 degrees ...Researchers fly away from gravity on the 35th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign
...nutes of weightlessness per day. Rockets and space flights provide much longer and continuous weightlessness, but only on parabolic flights can experimenters ride alongside their experiments. The experiments on board are very diverse. They...Call to reduce medical risks to refugees on repatriation
... as tuberculosis, from refugees, especially during flights of longer than eight hours....Bone marrow cells improve failing heart function
...uilding during a blackout and had to walk up eight flights of stairs. He did it, and it wasn't a problem." Perin warned that these results need confirmation in a placebo-controlled, blinded and randomized trial. "This is the first step. It's incredible to see that this is a safe procedure with sustained...Neutron detector under development to monitor spacecraft radiation
...ing at high altitudes on long-haul schedules or on flights over the poles, where the Earth's magnetic field is weak and cosmic rays can readily penetrate. "When traveling outside of the Earth's atmosphere and its magnetic field, radiation doses to humans increase," Maurer explained. "Recent measurements fro...Air travel may increase the risk of blood clots, especially long flights
...ntraceptives are more likely to develop VTE during flights than those without these risk factors. Thomas Schw...d the incidence of VTE associated with "long-haul" flights lasting eight hours or longer. Dr. Martinelli and colleagues studied 210 individuals with VTE and 21...Study suggests 1% risk of DVT for long-distance air travellers
...oembolism. Overall, 878 people undertook long-haul flights (minimum duration four hours) over a six-week peri... an association between multiple long distance air flights and venous thromboembolism, even in individuals at low to moderate risk. The role of traditional ris...UCSF/Baylor team uses new method to measure bone loss in astronauts flying long mission
...oup of 14 American and Russian crew members making flights of four-to six-month duration on the International Space Station (ISS). This study is the first to use CT imaging to three-dimensionally quantify spaceflight-related bone loss in the hip and to estimate changes in hip bone strength. Previous studies...News tips for Tuesday, November 9, 2004
... be at medium to high risk of DVT during long-haul flights (8-13 hours), researchers tested whether below-kne...T. Ultrasound scans detected DVT before and after flights in a group wearing "flight socks" and in a matched group of stocking-less controls. Below-knee DVTs...Climate change and the future of air travel
... be more environmentally disruptive than long-haul flights because of the high quantity of fuel needed for ta...hange if they were. The reason is that short-haul flights seldom reach the altitude where contrails form and this might make them overall more environmentally...Clot-busting drugs may help detect potentially deadly leg clots
...ts remind passengers to stretch their legs on long flights and hospitals put intermittent inflatable devices on the legs of bedridden patients. Some people have an inherited predisposition to forms these clots, a condition called thrombophilia. Each year, 250,000 hospitalizations and 200,000 deaths in the U...