Space Flights Provoke Tension Headaches, Migraine
Space flight appeared to provoke headaches in healthy astronauts, a prospective study showed. Of 24 astronauts who participated in long-haul space flights — ones that lasted at least 10 days — 91.7% experienced one or more headaches during a total of 3,596 space days, reported Willebrordus P. J. van Oosterhout, MD, PhD, of Leiden University […]
Day in the Life of a Doctor: Shadowing a Flight Paramedic
[embedded content] Join internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, as she shadows a flight paramedic team. (Following is a transcript. Note that errors are possible.) Deshauer: Hey, guys. I’m Siobhan, an internal medicine and rheumatology specialist. Today, I’m joining flight paramedics as they rescue and transport critically ill patients in helicopters. Engineers: Aircraft-wise, […]