Flying is still statistically the safest form of transportation, but recent developments have caused us all to lose at least some of our confidence in air travel. After several high profile crashes ...

Passengers on a Japan Airlines flight had to wear oxygen masks after the plane fell nearly 26,000 feet, according to reports On Monday, June 30, Flight 8696 from Shanghai, China, to Tokyo was forced ...

If you've ever traveled on an airplane, you know that masks can drop down to supply oxygen in the case of an emergency. Airline oxygen masks have about a 15-minute supply and typically fall when an ...

I was on a flight earlier this week and, for the first time in over two years, almost no one in the airport or on any of the airplanes I was on was wearing a mask. The flight attendants even made an ...

Preoxygenation with a bag-valve-mask device did not reduce the risk for hypoxemia compared with preoxygenation with a face mask during emergency tracheal intubation in the emergency department (ED) or ...

While French investigators believe an intense oxygen-fuelled cockpit fire brought down an EgyptAir Airbus A320 eight years ago, they have yet to determine fully the reasons for the oxygen leak and ...

People often seek help from psychologists when they are overwhelmed by challenges of their lives: kids' activities, work deadlines, family issues, and so on. As if life was an assembly line of duties ...

This week marks two years since the death and 95 years since the birth of Tom Hornbein, one of the great figures of American mountaineering. Best known for his 1963 first ascent of Everest’s West ...

Sharing a bed with someone is great, but it isn’t always conducive to good sleep. Especially if one or both of you struggle to sleep, constant tossing and turning or getting in and out of bed can be ...