New research from Massey University’s Sleep/Wake Research Centre shows that airline cabin crew; who perceive they have higher workload also feel more sleepy and fatigued; and perform more poorly on a reaction time test conducted in flight. The test was done at the point, known as top of descent, at which an aircraft transitions from…
Australian researchers are planning to send cancer cells to space; after initial research on Earth suggests microgravity has a remarkable effect on cancer cells. “A lot of people around me started getting cancer; and that really motivated me to investigate cancer cells,” Joshua Chou, biomedical engineering researcher at University of Technology Sydney, told DW, saying…
The objectives of this review to provide a complete summary of and synthesize the current space-related physiological evidence base; and to inform decision making processes around muscle performance requirements; regarding operational CM, for exploration human space missions. The aim is to aid space agencies in designing CM programmes; provide a complete summary of what muscle…
Before traveling, all were closely monitored and pushed to physical fitness; by an elite crew of physicians trained in space medicine. But as billions of dollars pour into space tourism and other extraterrestrial endeavors, hundreds; if not thousands, of space travelers of various ages and physical conditions will enter the frontier above Earth’s atmosphere. The…
The International Space Station experiment is looking for what triggers these diseases; by studying how nerve and immune brain cells interact. The experiment, carried to the space station aboard the SpaceX CRS-18 cargo flight; will look at what is causing damage to the nervous system that is common in both illnesses; and reveal how living…
Melatonin could be a novel drug for preventing bone loss to astronauts during space flight. Here we used goldfish scales as a bone model of coexisting osteoclasts and osteoblasts and demonstrated that melatonin synthesis decreased under microgravity. Melatonin treatment of scales stimulated expression of Calcitonin, an osteoclast-inhibiting hormone, and decreased expression of an osteoclastogenesis promotor.…
An Australian scientist are looking into such matters through simulation studies here on Earth; and with early indications that space can kill off the majority of cancer cells; without the need for drugs, is now preparing to launch his experiments toward the International Space Station for further investigation. There are quite a few studies that…
Researchers from Russia and Belgium have found that space travel that leads to microgravity situations; may have a significant effect on the brains of humans. Cosmonauts who travel in space have shown alterations in their brain connections especially those associated; with movement and perception, explain the researchers. The study titled, “Alterations of Functional Brain Connectivity…
Pilots and aviation medicine specialists speculate that the ear; and nose bleeding that some passengers suffered were likely caused by rapid changes in cabin pressure; either while the aircraft was climbing or while it was descending. A PTI report quoted an official with the aviation regulator, the directorate-general of civil aviation; as saying that during…
People with a broad range of physical capabilities can learn to fly airplanes; also it pays to know in advance what standards you need to meet in order to become a pilot. You also need to assess your ability to fly on a daily basis; which making sure that your overall mental health state allow…
Navy fighter pilots and Former Air Force Are called on the military to cancer screening; as there is an increase in deaths from the disease because of the radiation emitted in the cockpit. “They are dropping like flies in our 50s from aggressive cancers,” said retired Air Force Col. Eric Nelson, a former F-15E Strike…
Most pediatric in-flight emergencies resolved during the flight; according to findings from an observational retrospective review published in Annals of Emergency Medicine. Although few of these lead to aircraft diversion; one in six requires additional care after the flight. “This study is the first to describe the phenomenon of in-flight pediatric medical emergencies from a…