A Possible Cure for Motion Sickness in Cats
As anyone owned by a cat can tell you, very few of our feline friends enjoy a ride in the car. Veterinarians hear complaints all day long from cat-owning clients who dread the drive to and from their appointments. Not only do kitties despise car rides, many also suffer from motion sickness. You'd be amazed at the number of cats who manage to throw up virtually every time they ride in their owner's car -- even if it's just a trip around the block. Elizabethan Collars (E-Collars) Seem to Relieve Motion Sickness Dr. Tom Morganti, a veterinarian with a practice in Avon, Connecticut, had a cat patient who vomited every time...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More People Experience Cybersickness From Technology
BOSTON (CBS) – If you feel a little queasy while watching the big screen or scrolling pages on your smartphone, you may be suffering from a relatively new phenomenon of the modern age, a condition called digital motion sickness or cybersickness.
As reported by the New York Times, more and more users of technology are developing nausea and dizziness even if they don’t have a history of motion sickness. Women suffer more than men, and the more realistic an experience is, like a 3D action flick, the more likely you are to get sick.
Experts say the brain can be trained to better handle these stimuli but that may d...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: deanreddington Tags: Health Local Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Dr. Mallika Marshall Source Type: news
Well: Feeling Woozy? It May Be Cyber Sickness
A peculiar side effect of screen time is cybersickness, which causes a person to feel woozy from viewing moving digital content. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 14, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: KATE MURPHY Tags: Virtual Reality (Computers) Headaches Columns Wired Well Motion Sickness Featured Migraine Headaches Computers and the Internet Source Type: news
Well: Feeling Woozy? It May Be Cyber Sickness
A peculiar side effect of screen time is cybersickness, which causes a person to feel woozy from viewing moving digital content. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: KATE MURPHY Tags: Virtual Reality (Computers) Headaches Columns Wired Well Motion Sickness Featured Migraine Headaches Computers and the Internet Source Type: news
Effect of passengers' active head tilt and opening/closure of eyes on motion sickness in lateral acceleration environment of cars - Wada T, Yoshida K.
This study examined the effect of passengers' active head-tilt and eyes-open/closed conditions on the severity of motion sickness in the lateral acceleration environment of cars. In the centrifugal head-tilt condition, participants intentionally tilted the... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 23, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Sex differences in visual performance and postural sway precede sex differences in visually induced motion sickness - Koslucher F, Haaland E, Stoffregen TA.
Motion sickness is more common among women than among men. Previous research has shown that standing body sway differs between women and men. In addition, research has shown that postural sway differs between individuals who experience visually induced mot... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 21, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
UCLA physician makes a special delivery on her honeymoon
Dr. Angelica Zen’s recent honeymoon with her brand new husband, Ryan Miyakawa, will be forever memorialized in snapshots of the happy couple in Bali — and YouTube and TV news videos from all over the world because of what happened on their homebound plane 30,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean.
On Oct. 8, Zen, a UCLA resident physician in internal medicine-pediatrics, was sleeping in the main cabin about six hours into an Air China flight that left Taiwan for L.A. when she was awakened by a voice on the plane's PA system asking if a doctor was available. Still groggy, Zen volunteered that she was a doctor.
Because she loo...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - October 16, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Instability of the perceived world while watching 3D stereoscopic imagery: a likely source of motion sickness symptoms - Hwang AD, Peli E.
Watching 3D content using a stereoscopic display may cause various discomforting symptoms, including eye strain, blurred vision, double vision, and motion sickness. Numerous studies have reported motion-sickness-like symptoms during stereoscopic viewing, b... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 11, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Motion sickness effectively treated with mild brain stimulation
Delivering a mild electrical current to the brain for 10 minutes may reduce motion sickness almost as well as strong medication without side effects such as drowsiness, study says. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Researchers aim to diminish motion sickness with electrical current
Marilyn MalaraLONDON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Researchers say electrical current is an effective cure for motion sickness, and may be available to the public within the next five to ten years. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - September 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Volunteers get seasick for science
An experiment at Imperial College London found that mild electrical current to the scalp could help prevent motion sickness (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - September 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Zaps From Electric Device May Prevent Motion Sickness
Unlike medications, this experimental therapy doesn't cause drowsiness, researchers say (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - September 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Brain zaps 'may ease travel sickness'
Using electricity to stimulate parts of the brain may ease the symptoms of motion sickness, scientists say. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 4, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
An ER Doctor's 5 Fast Home Remedies
photo credit: monkeybusinessimages/thinkstock "What whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for," goes an old proverb. Sore throat? Whiskey and honey. Arthritis acting up? Whiskey and raisins. To some, it's the original multi-tasking remedy. In my own home, I don't raid the bar (well, at least I don't raid the bar for medical treatments) -- but that doesn't mean I don't occasionally turn to my pantry for home remedies. Of course, being a physician, I'm more than a little skeptical of some home remedies -- so here are five that I can truly say are supported by medical evidence... or Grandma. 1. Honey -- Parents everywher...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 4, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
