History of high motion sickness susceptibility predicts vestibular dysfunction following sport/recreation-related concussion - Sufrinko AM, Kegel NE, Mucha A, Collins MW, Kontos AP.
OBJECTIVE: To compare vestibular dysfunction at 1 to 10 and 11 to 20 days following sport/recreation-related concussion (SRC) in athletes with and without history of motion sickness susceptibility. Secondary aims of this study were to investigate differenc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 2, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Effects of decades of physical driving on body movement and motion sickness during virtual driving - Stoffregen TA, Chang CH, Chen FC, Zeng WJ.
We investigated relations between experience driving physical automobiles and motion sickness during the driving of virtual automobiles. Middle-aged individuals drove a virtual automobile in a driving video game. Drivers were individuals who had possessed ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Meet Alistair Cross, author of Sleep Savannah Sleep
Today, it’s Alistair Cross with his book Sleep Savannah Sleep in the hot seat. Alistair’s debut novel, The Crimson Corset, was an immediate bestseller, earning praise from such authors as Jay Bonansinga, author of The Walking Dead series, and vampire-lit veteran, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Alistair also writes with international bestseller, Tamara Thorne, and together they have released several bestsellers, including Mother, The Cliffhouse Haunting, and The Ghosts of Ravencrest. .. What is one thing that no-one would usually know about you? I have never seen any of the Star Wars movies. Are the names of your characters ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - November 3, 2017 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Interviews author interview crime Source Type: news

Meet Alistair Cross, author of Sleep Savannah Sleep
Today, it’s Alistair Cross with his book Sleep Savannah Sleep in the hot seat. Alistair’s debut novel, The Crimson Corset, was an immediate bestseller, earning praise from such authors as Jay Bonansinga, author of The Walking Dead series, and vampire-lit veteran, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Alistair also writes with international bestseller, Tamara Thorne, and together they have released several bestsellers, including Mother, The Cliffhouse Haunting, and The Ghosts of Ravencrest. .. What is one thing that no-one would usually know about you? I have never seen any of the Star Wars movies. Are the names of your characters ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - November 3, 2017 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Interviews author interview crime Source Type: news

Effects of physical driving experience on body movement and motion sickness during virtual driving - Chang CH, Chen FC, Kung WC, Stoffregen TA.
BACKGROUND: In previous research on motion sickness in simulated and virtual vehicles, subjects' experience controlling the corresponding physical vehicles has been confounded with their age. During driving of virtual automobiles in a video game, we separa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 23, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Are your medications affecting your memory?
Many of today’s most popular drugs can make you forgetful. They inhibit your brain’s chemical messengers. And this blocks your concentration, memory and ability to focus. More specifically, these drugs block the activity of a neurotransmitter in your brain called acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is directly involved in learning and memory. And blocking it is a risky business… I’ve seen confusion, memory loss, and declining mental skills in patients who take these drugs. New research confirms what I see in my own practice. One recent study found that people taking these kinds of drugs had shrunken areas of the brain ...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - October 19, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Cathy Card Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news

Health Tip: Avoid Motion Sickness
-- Motion sickness is a common byproduct of summer travel. But with some preparation, it can be prevented. " Motion sickness occurs when the brain receives conflicting signals from the motion-sensing parts of the body: the inner ears, the eyes, and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 23, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

The best way to assess visually induced motion sickness in a fixed-base driving simulator - Reinhard R, Rutrecht HM, Hengstenberg P, Tutulmaz E, Geissler B, Hecht H, Muttray A.
Driving simulator usage is becoming more widespread, yet many users still experience substantial motion sickness-like symptoms induced by optical flow, called visually induced motion sickness (VIMS). The Fast Motion sickness Scale (FMS) allows for continuo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 14, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Managing Motion Sickness
You may never love some pursuits, like flying, but you might learn to tolerate them Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Motion Sickness (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - June 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Managing Motion Sickness
FRIDAY, June 30, 2017 -- Your friends are excited to ride that monster roller coaster, but just looking at it makes you queasy. Is there anything you can do to quell your motion sickness so you can join in the fun? If you suffer from motion... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 30, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

A historical view of motion sickness-a plague at sea and on land, also with military impact - Huppert D, Benson J, Brandt T.
Seasickness and its triggers, symptoms, and preventive measures were well known in antiquity. This chapter is based on an analysis of descriptions of motion sickness, in particular seasickness, in ancient Greek, Roman, and Chinese literature. A systematic ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 25, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Motion sickness drug worsens motion perception
(Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary) A new study led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers found that oral promethazine, a drug commonly taken to alleviate motion sickness, temporarily worsened vestibular perception thresholds by 31 percent, lowering one's ability to perceive sensory information about motion, balance and spatial orientation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 24, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Passive restraint reduces visually induced motion sickness in older adults - Keshavarz B, Novak AC, Hettinger LJ, Stoffregen TA, Campos JL.
In this study, we asked whether passive restraint of the he... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 14, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

10 Foods To Eat For A Bloat-Free Life
By Amy Marturana for Well+Good When bloating, cramping, or heartburn strikes, my brain goes into (WTF) detective mode, calculating every last morsel that passed through my lips and evaluating it after the fact as a potential threat. (CSI, dinner plate edition.) Instead of trying to eliminate everything that might cause an issue, what if you could feel better by adding certain foods? Clinical herbalist Guido Masé prefers this route. Masé, the co-owner of Urban Moonshine--whose organic bitters are designed to get your digestive system in tip-top shape--and author of The Wild Medicine Solution: Healing with Aromatic, Bit...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The influence of sleep deprivation and oscillating motion on sleepiness, motion sickness, and cognitive and motor performance - Kaplan J, Ventura J, Bakshi A, Pieobon A, Lackner JR, DiZio P.
Our goal was to determine how sleep deprivation, nauseogenic motion, and a combination of motion and sleep deprivation affect cognitive vigilance, visual-spatial perception, motor learning and retention, and balance. We exposed four groups of subjects to d... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 23, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news