News tagged with motion sickness

New study shows how to eliminate motion sickness on tilting trains

An international team of researchers led by scientists at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that motion sickness on tilting trains can be essentially eliminated by adjusting the timing of when the cars tilt as they ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

'Quake' reveals how eyes and ears keep us balanced

(PhysOrg.com) -- An earthquake machine has been used by vision scientists to confirm that instead of working in isolation, our visual and middle-ear systems work together, to give us an improved sense of balance.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Ginger capsules ease chemotherapy nausea

Ginger, long used as a folk remedy for soothing tummyaches, helped tame one of the most dreaded side effects of cancer treatment - nausea from chemotherapy, the first large study to test the herb for this has found.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Motion sickness reality in virtual world, too

Clemson University psychologist Eric Muth sees motion sickness as potential fallout from high-end technology that once was limited to the commercial marketplace moving to consumer use in gaming devices.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Another dimension to 3-D TVs: Health risks

Teens have been known to play video games until they're glassy-eyed.

Technology / Other

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

3-D advances come with health concerns for children

In a seeming blink of an eye, 3-D technology has advanced beyond imagination. Hollywood, TV manufacturers and video game makers say you have to see it to believe it. But the visual trickery that produces 3-D images can also ...

Technology / Other

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0