If our body is moving, but our brain can’t work out why, this creates some internal confusion.
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Motion sickness occurs when there is a conflict between what your eyes see and what your inner ears sense about motion.
Alcohol is responsible for more deaths than overdoses from opioids and all other substances combined, yet less than 10% of people with alcohol use disorder receive treatment.
Whether you’re ascending to high altitudes for casual travel or for adventure tourism, there are specific strategies to help you acclimate and reduce the likelihood of altitude sickness.
Long journeys by car, boat, bus, train or plane can turn going away into a miserable ordeal.
Increasing awareness of migraine symptoms is critical for those living with undiagnosed migraine, since getting a diagnosis is the first step to receiving appropriate and effective care.
Motion sickness results when your senses report conflicting information to your brain that it can’t reconcile based on its expectations about how the world works.
Try to avoid eating an hour or two before a workout.
If you ever felt nauseous, fatigued or disoriented after using your phone or computer, you may be experiencing a condition similar to motion sickness.
You’re working out, feeling great – until your stomach starts to churn and you’re sidelined with a bout of nausea. Here’s what’s happening in your body and how to avoid this common effect of exercise.
Stomach pains are a rare symptom of COVID-19 and are much more likely to be caused by something else.
The adverse symptoms some people experience after adopting the ketogenic diet is known as the “keto flu”.
Motion sickness can make you feel pretty wretched. But there are a few things you can do to try and prevent it, or to treat it once it takes hold.
The students of class 3E, Ferny Grove State School, want to know if astronauts get space sick when travelling to the International Space Station.
Hyperemesis gravidarum causes severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Even though it affects up to 3 percent of pregnancies, research about its causes and treatments is sparse.
NSW is about to embark on the largest and most definitive clinical trial ever of medicinal cannabis for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
There’s a new Top Gear presenter in town. First tip: keep your eyes on the road …
It’s unthinkable to give a placebo to someone to treat their cancer, but could we use one to treat chemotherapy’s well-known side effects? Unfortunately, we may never be able to answer this question because…
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