Astronomy
If you are planning to take a long trip to Mars, don't forget to pack your sleeping pills and skin cream. According to a new study published in FASEB Journal [the journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology], among the medications that astronauts used, the use of sleeping pills and skin creams was higher than expected.
The study examine the medicines taken by astronauts in space relates to the unusual and confined microgravity environment in which they work or to the actual work that they are doing to complete their missions. Among these medications, the report shows that the use of sleep aids and incidence of skin rashes were higher than expected.
These findings could help the world's space agencies to anticipate the needs for future International Space Station [ISS] inhabitants, as well as the day-to-day medical needs of those who may take the trip to Mars.
"We hope that this study will help NASA to prepare for astronauts' medical needs on long-duration spaceflight missions," said Virginia E. Wotring, a researcher involved in the work from Universities Space Research Association in Houston, Texas. "Knowing what medications to pack is especially important before starting an exploration mission that may last three years," he added.
To make their observations, Wotring examined the medical records of ISS crew members who gave permission to use their data in this study. The medications they used, the reasons they used them and how well they said the medicines worked were analyzed. Many of the astronaut medication uses examined were very similar to what would be seen in any group of healthy adults on Earth.
The astronauts' medication usage was especially similar to that of submarine crews, although submariners are on Earth and underwater, they also live in a closed environment for months at a time.
While the data used for this study were not detailed enough to suggest treatment changes, it did identify two areas to examine more closely in future studies, sleep problems and skin rashes. This study is one step toward figuring out if being in reduced gravity changes how our medicines work.
article reference:- eurekalert.org
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Astronomy
Ready for a Space flight? Don't forget your Sleeping pills and Skin cream.
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| Astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, from the Canadian Space Agency, gives fellow astronauts the thumbs-up during his spacewalk. photo credit:- nasa.gov |
The study examine the medicines taken by astronauts in space relates to the unusual and confined microgravity environment in which they work or to the actual work that they are doing to complete their missions. Among these medications, the report shows that the use of sleep aids and incidence of skin rashes were higher than expected.
These findings could help the world's space agencies to anticipate the needs for future International Space Station [ISS] inhabitants, as well as the day-to-day medical needs of those who may take the trip to Mars.
"We hope that this study will help NASA to prepare for astronauts' medical needs on long-duration spaceflight missions," said Virginia E. Wotring, a researcher involved in the work from Universities Space Research Association in Houston, Texas. "Knowing what medications to pack is especially important before starting an exploration mission that may last three years," he added.
The astronauts' medication usage was especially similar to that of submarine crews, although submariners are on Earth and underwater, they also live in a closed environment for months at a time.
While the data used for this study were not detailed enough to suggest treatment changes, it did identify two areas to examine more closely in future studies, sleep problems and skin rashes. This study is one step toward figuring out if being in reduced gravity changes how our medicines work.
article reference:- eurekalert.org
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