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Medical Risks on a Mission to Mars
Humans are going to Mars, and they are going to need some medical support in order to survive the trip, at least according to a panel held last week at a conference in Washington DC. The discussion, at the Humans to Mars Summit held last week at...
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Ballistocardiograph That Works in Space Tested on Flights in Vomit Rocket
Gravity gives us the ability to walk the Earth, but it also makes our hearts pump harder to move blood up against its force. The hearts of astronauts in space don't have to pump so hard and will often relax too much and lose their ability to pump...
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Technology Used for Find Distant Galaxies Adapted to Detect AMD
Infrared ear thermometers, cordless vacuum cleaners, and memory foam mattresses are all products you'll likely find around your home. But these three household items also had their beginnings in space, assisting astronauts in exploring the final...
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National Space Biomedical Research Institute Enters the Small Business Accelerator Race (Interview)
We've covered a lot of National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) news in the past few years, making their research one of our most popular topics. Knowing that, NSBRI recently reached out to us to tell our readers about a new...
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NASA and Stanford Partner to Launch Bacteria to Study Antibiotic Resistance in Space
NASA has announced that in the next few years it will be launching colonies of E. coli into orbit to study how the bacteria's resistance to antibiotics is affected by a lack of gravity. Though not as touching and momentous as the one way flight by...
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Book Review: Mankind Beyond Earth by Claude A. Piantadosi MD
Mankind Beyond Earth: The History, Science, and Future of Human Space Exploration by Claude A. Piantadosi MD, a Professor of Medicine and Pathology at Duke University Medical School is a technical look at the current understanding of many of the...
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NASA Using Spinal Ultrasound to Study Why Astronauts Grow in Space
Beside the incredible experience itself, a big advantage of going to space for astronauts is that they grow about 3% taller during a typical mission. Even the rest of us bound by gravity grow a bit taller during sleep. This phenomenon is not well...
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BMJ Explores Medical Issues of Space Travelers; Both Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial
The BMJ 2012 Christmas issue is the gift that keeps on giving. We've already posted about the study that shows that noticing your discomfort on the trip to the hospital could be more useful than the doc poking your belly when diagnosing acute...
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The MedTech of the Red Bull Stratos Jump
On October 14, 2012 Felix Baumgartner jumped out of a capsule suspended under a helium-filled balloon as part of the Red Bull Stratos project. He and other men had done such jumps several times before, but on the 14th he did it at 128,000 ft...
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