November 2020
Space medicine and terrestrial health care
... Moscow and the United States held teleconferences in space medicine with the aim of relieving the consequences of the...health to a wide variety of people by means of space medicine developments. PFC network affiliates will be equipped with the methods...
January 2021
Medical professionals and long-duration spaceflight
...detection of behavioural disorders. Thus, an on-board doctor needs to have intensive theoretical and practical training in space medicine, requiring proficiency in a variety of diagnostic and treatment methods. For example, they would need to provide...
March 2018
Zero gravity and the human heart
... help in writing this article. References 1 Atkov OY, Bednenko VS, and Fomina GA. Ultrasound techniques in space medicine. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1987; suppl 58:69-71. 2 Blomqvist G. Regulation of the systemic circulation at microgravity and during...
February 2018
European centre shifts emphasis to deep space missions
... Facility hall includes a water tank, mock-ups, and scuba diving equipment. Fit for spaceflight EAC’s Space Medicine Office aims to minimise risks to the health of astronauts throughout their professional careers. The office is tasked with...
January 2023
The effects of spaceflight on the female body
... index, indicating the influence of modifications in fat metabolism on bone metabolic processes. Also of practical importance for space medicine is the assessment of nutritional status, which analyses the adequacy of energy intake from food and the...
October 2016
Simulating space in a bathtub
.... This research was carried out at the State Science and Research Testing Institute for Aviation and Space Medicine in Russia by A.M. Genin, I.D. Pestov, V.I. Stepantsov, A.V. Eremin and other specialists who originally worked on medical supply and...
