Health
What happens to your body on a long-haul flight?
If crowded airports are a sign, Australians are keen to get back into the skies. And if you're flying long haul, in a few years you could have an even longer option.
Jan 5, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Emotions may affect carbon offsetting willingness
The purpose of a flight may affect an individual's willingness to compensate for carbon emissions, according to a new study.
Nov 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 border closures and community disconnect
One year on from the re-opening of Australia's borders to international flights, new research from Flinders University has highlighted how the border closures led people to feeling a profound disconnect from Australia, providing ...
Nov 11, 2022
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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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Friendly skies? Study charts COVID odds for plane flights
What are the chances you will contract COVID-19 on a plane flight? A study led by MIT scholars offers a calculation of that for the period from June 2020 through February 2021. While the conditions that applied at that stage ...
Jul 28, 2022
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Pediatrics
Amid shortage, more infant formula to arrive in US next week
Shipments of infant formula from Australia and the United Kingdom are expected to arrive in the United States next week as part of the Biden administration's ongoing effort to ease a nationwide shortage of formula.
Jun 3, 2022
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Radiology & Imaging
AI model could save radiation therapists and radiation oncologists hours of work per patient
At the Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven much of the work involved in radiotherapy for breast cancer patients has already been automated. The hospital has the most precise and smart treatment equipment for cancer patients. ...
May 13, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Want to cut your chance of catching COVID on a plane? Wear a mask and avoid business class
A Florida court recently overturned mask mandates on planes in the United States, saying the directive was unlawful. That decision is now under appeal.
Apr 27, 2022
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Discovery may explain why more females than males get knee osteoarthritis
Female astronauts could avoid knee injuries during space flight—and better tests, prevention and treatments could be developed for knee osteoarthritis in women here on Earth—based on newly published research on the sex ...
Mar 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Is COVID-19 on airplane air filters?
Ever since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, people have become more interested in how well airplane cabins filter and circulate their air.
Jan 28, 2022
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