MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'astronauts'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:09:58 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3665940&cid=t_115162_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fskinny-dipping-on-the-moon-%25e2%2580%2593-science-class-field-trip-of-the-future%2F photo: Thinkstock It would be way more fun if the moon were filled with cheese, but it actually contains water. And not just a little trickle, either – all the water in the moon’s interior could create a one-yard-deep ocean covering its entire surface. The perfect depth for a nice little moonlight swim in the lunar sea. Not impressed? This is 100 times the amount of water that researchers previously thought was on the moon. But if we plan on surfing up there in the future, NASA will need to design sleeker space suits. The current ones look kinda bulky. via National Geographic Post from: BlissTree Skinny-Dipping on the Moon – Science Class Field Trip of the Future? (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3665940 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:54:04 +0100 3665940 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3629280&cid=t_115162_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fsleep-monitored-in-520-day-mock-mars.html (Source: Sleep Education) Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3629280 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:49:00 +0100 3629280 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3490789&cid=t_115162_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FGDmarWsKf7g%2F STS-131 crew members gather in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station for a teleconference, while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter, commander, holds a communication system at right center. Also pictured (clockwise from bottom right) are NASA astronauts Stephanie Wilson, Clayton Anderson, Rick Mastracchio (mostly obscured) and Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, all mission specialists. We’ve come a long way, baby. A really, really long way: NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center yesterday morning, bringing to an end a historic mission which featured the largest group of women to simultaneously be in space. ... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3490789 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:02:24 +0100 3490789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916064&cid=t_115162_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fbad-breath-can-end-space-dream%2F If you’re a Chinese astronaut and you have bad breath, you can say good-bye to your dream of going into space. They also don’t want you if you have body odor or a runny nose. The administrators say that this would make life too uncomfortable for the other astronauts in the cabin. Other astronaut hopefuls were eliminated if they had scars. The experts said that the scar tissue could burst open in extreme conditions of space. I wonder if that’s true and if astronauts from other countries have the same restriction. And what kind of scar? I know very few people who don’t have any scar at all, the most common one being at the bottom of the chin. You know, the kind you get when you trip and fall flat on your face when you’re a kid. Not to mention all the forehead sc... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916064 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:44:28 +0100 2916064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452753&cid=t_115162_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FO4jRpFTuTKo%2F Granted, most of us aren’t hurtling ourselves into outer space, but this is an interesting finding. Astronauts are subject to space headaches caused by their out-of-world exerpience. According to findings of a study recently published in the journal Cephalalgia, 12 of the 17 astronauts (71 per cent) reported 21 headache episodes during the space missions – nine during launch, nine during the stay at the space station, one during activities outside the space station and two during landing. None of the astronauts had a history of recurrent headache on earth. Five astronauts reported headaches during one of the time frames, six during two time frames and one during four time frames. Headache severity ranged from mild to severe, with 29 per cent reporting mild intensity, 65 per cent... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452753 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:49:38 +0100 2452753 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347785&cid=t_115162_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FgkSo9avkEJU%2F Did you ever notice how astronauts are praised simply for being astronauts? They have heroism imputed to them simply for what they might do in the future. So it is with political appointees, such as the chief technology officer President Obama named Saturday morning during his weekly radio and Internet address. Reports the Wall Street Journal: Silicon Valley execs and tech bloggers sounded genuinely excited about Obama’s choice Saturday morning and tech industry lobbying groups TechNet and the Business Software Alliance quickly released statements of support, as did several tech heavyweights. Would any group with business before the government, hoping for influence and goodies from the White House, not praise an appointee? We learn from these paeans precisely nothing. To me, Aneesh Chopr... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347785 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:37:23 +0100 2347785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1914597&cid=t_115162_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F10%2F28%2Fvirtual-therapy-in-space%2F I’ve been reluctant to blog about the computerized therapy program being touted by NASA in the news to help their astronauts deal with depression and other mental health concerns while in space. Computerized therapy has been available to anyone who wants it since the 1990s. In fact, there’s a good body of research supporting these programs and their effectiveness in the treatment of the most common mental disorders, such as depression. So in more than one way, this is not “news.” The only two examples the article mentions is of issues with two astronauts on two separate missions. While one of the examples might be depression (hard to say, as it could’ve been symptomatic of a dozen different possible concerns), the other example is one of interpersonal confli... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1914597 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:25:07 +0100 1914597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=569556&cid=t_115162_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F25%2Fthought-for-the-day-shielding-astronauts-from-cancer%2F Filed under: All Cancers, Research, Environment, Products, Daily news, Thought for the DayThose venturing into space face a very serious occupational hazard -- cancer. The disease can be caused by radiation from the cosmic rays and solar flares astronauts encounter when they travel beyond the Earth's protective magnetic layer or magnetosphere.British scientists are working on rectifying this problem by creating a Star Trek-style deflector shield to protect astronauts from radiation.Think about this:Scientists wish to mimic the magnetic field that protects the Earth with shields deployed around spacecraft and on the surfaces of planets to deflect harmful energetic particles. Details, presented at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in Preston, UK, include the followi... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=569556 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 569556