Hope for motion sickness victims: Key neurons identified that sense unexpected movement
It happens to all of us at least once each winter in Montreal. You're walking on the sidewalk and before you know it you are slipping on a patch of ice hidden under a dusting of snow. Sometimes you fall. Surprisingly often you manage to recover your balance and walk away unscathed. McGill researchers now understand what's going on in the brain when you manage to recover your balance in these situations. And it is not just a matter of good luck. Prof... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Keeping your balance
(McGill University) Professor Kathleen Cullen has been able to identify a distinct and surprisingly small cluster of cells deep within the brain that react within milliseconds to readjust our movements when something unexpected happens, whether it is slipping on ice or hitting a rock when skiing. This finding both overturns current theories about how we learn to maintain our balance as we move through the world, and also has significant implications for understanding the neural basis of motion sickness. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 29, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Cinerama sickness and postural instability - Bos JE, Ledegang WD, Lubeck AJ, Stins JF.
Motion sickness symptoms and increased postural instability induced by motion pictures have been reported in a laboratory, but not in a real cinema. We, therefore, carried out an observational study recording sickness severity and postural instability in 1... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 18, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Frequency characteristics of visually induced motion sickness - Diels C, Howarth PA.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore the frequency response of visually induced motion sickness (VIMS) for oscillating linear motion in the fore-and-aft axis. BACKGROUND: Simulators, virtual environments, and commercially available video games t... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Media, Marketing, and Internet Issues Source Type: news
Nausea and Vomiting as Symptoms of Colon Cancer...
Nausea and vomiting can be caused by many things, such as motion sickness or an unpleasant smell. However, nausea and vomiting can also be symptoms of something serious, such as colon cancer. (Source: About.com Colon Cancer)
Source: About.com Colon Cancer - June 10, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: coloncancer.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news
Motion sickness in rally car co-drivers - Perrin P, Lion A, Bosser G, Gauchard G, Meistelman C.
This study aimed to evaluate predictors of motio... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Tim Peake: Next stop Mars! | Aida Edemariam
It's been quite a week for Britain's first official astronaut. Meeting the prime minister, a press scrum at the Science Museum; and an agonising interview with Jeremy Paxman. How did he cope?There is something about human space flight that simultaneously feels both entirely futuristic and of the past; a future written into stories and dreams of the mid-20th century, rather than of the 21st. Britain's first official astronaut, after all, was born two years after the moon landing in 1969. "Eugene Cernan was the last person on the moon," adds Major Tim Peake, who was chosen this week for a mission to the International Space S...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 25, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Aida Edemariam Tags: The Guardian Features UK news International Space Station Interviews European Space Agency Science Source Type: news
FDA MedWatch Safety Alerts: January 2013
FDA warns about metal-on-metal hip implants, sleep drugs that reduce morning alertness, a motion sickness drug packaged as an iron supplement, and more. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)
Source: FDA Consumer Updates - February 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: January 2013
FDA warns about metal-on-metal hip implants, sleep drugs that reduce morning alertness, a motion sickness drug packaged as an iron supplement, and more. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)
Source: FDA Consumer Updates - February 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UCLA life scientists identify drug that could aid treatment of anxiety disorders
The drug scopolamine has been used to treat a variety of conditions, including nausea and motion sickness. A new study by UCLA life scientists suggests that it may also be useful in treating anxiety disorders.
Researchers found that the drug can help boost the effectiveness of a common treatment for anxiety disorders known as exposure therapy. In exposure therapy, a subject with a phobia or anxiety is repeatedly exposed to the object or situation they fear, in a non-threatening setting. The goal of this treatment is to ultimately lessen and eliminate the fear — in essence, make it "extinct."
However, fe...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 20, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Psychiatric Applications For Scopolamine
Scopolamine is an anticholinergic drug with many uses. For example, it prevents nausea, vomiting, and motion sickness. However, scopolamine is re-emerging as an antidepressant, with recent studies showing that scopolamine can rapidly improve mood in depressed patients. In addition, in a new study published in Biological Psychiatry this month by Dr. Moriel Zelikowsky and colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles, it may also be a possible treatment for anxiety disorders... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
Scopolamine: An old drug with new psychiatric applications
(Elsevier) Scopolamine is an anticholinergic drug with many uses. For example, it prevents nausea, vomiting, and motion sickness. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
