Space Headaches Affect Astronauts
June 3, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
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 …read more
Space Journals
January 30, 2007 by Heather Goldsmith
Filed under Home & Living
I just read this interesting article about the astronauts writing journals in space. The best part is that it’s all for science. Jack Stuster, the researcher involved, is the only one who will read these private journal entries. The idea is to see how space and confinement affects mood. Apparently Stuster did a similar study on doctors living in Antarctica.
I, for one, would be intrigued to learn what Stuster discovers. But, for those who are interested, here’s a link to the astronauts public journals.
Heather
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