Psychology & Psychiatry
Pilots, and airlines, are struggling with mental health. Here's what they're doing to help
Captain Robert Graves sees strangers every day as a pilot for Southwest Airlines.
Apr 18, 2024
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Health
Improving patient safety using principles of aerospace engineering
Approximately 13 billion laboratory tests are administered every year in the United States, but not every result is timely or accurate. Laboratory missteps prevent patients from receiving appropriate, necessary, and sometimes ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers explore causes of air passengers' turbulent behavior
Incidents of passenger misconduct on airplanes—which are increasingly being shared in the news and on social media—are predominantly caused by passenger intoxication, according to a new study by University of Texas at ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Horizon Air cockpit scare revives pilot mental health concerns
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot's alleged midair sabotage attempt of a Horizon Air flight from Seattle to San Francisco on Sunday—and the pilot's later admission that he had been depressed—highlights the major concerns ...
Oct 26, 2023
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Health informatics
When electronic health records are hard to use, patient safety may be at risk: Study
New research suggests that hospital electronic health records (EHRs) that are difficult to use are also less likely to catch medical errors that could harm patients.
Sep 11, 2023
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Surgery
Congress considers easing regulations on air transport of donated organs
What do kidney and pancreas transplants have to do with airplane regulations?
Jul 25, 2023
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Health
Health experts say aviation industry must act on cabin fumes as they launch new medical guidance
A group of world leading health and scientific experts are calling on the aviation industry to take action to protect passengers and aircrew from dangerous cabin fumes which they say have led to a new emerging disease.
May 30, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The COVID-19 pandemic in 10 figures
Here are 10 key numbers in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jan 30, 2023
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Health
Children near airports may be exposed to dangerous levels of lead
A new paper in PNAS Nexus finds that children living near one California airport have higher lead levels in their blood. Since leaded gasoline is still used by piston-engine aircraft all around the United States, it appears ...
Jan 10, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pandemic has put long-haul pilots in a stressful tailspin
Stress levels among commercial airline pilots have skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, putting their mental health at risk, according to a new study by the University of South Australia.
Aug 3, 2022
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