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Here’s what a long flight does to your body, says an aviation medical doctor

Flying and physiology experts explain how long-haul flights affect the body—and how to make your next long flight more ...
Jacksonville Journal-Courier on MSNOpinion

Commentary: Airlines need better medical kits — Tushara Surapaneni

Commentary: I don’t expect airplanes to act like makeshift ERs or flying ambulances, but a few simple provisions can make a ...
VnExpress International on MSN

United Airlines flight to Singapore diverted to Manila after passenger collapses

A passenger aboard a United Airlines plane bound for Singapore from San Francisco suffered a medical emergency mid-air, ...
WTVD

Flight from Newark to South Africa turns around after medical emergency: United Airlines

NEWARK, N.J. -- A United flight that left Sunday night from Newark Liberty International Airport and was heading to Cape Town, South Africa, returned to Newark due to a medical emergency, according to ...

Game Changer? Free Medical Flights Start for Some Neighbor Island Residents

Residents of rural Hawai‘i often need to fly to see doctors, but fewer airlines serving Moloka‘i and Lana‘i have led to missed appointments ...
AOL

What medical conditions can airlines reasonably ask a passenger about?

“On Saturday, Turkish Airlines decided I wasn’t fit to fly,” writes Mark Mardell. The former BBC Newsnight political editor, who is living with Parkinson’s disease, says: “Rest assured I wasn’t drunk, ...

Air India Delhi-Vijayawada flight diverted to Jaipur due to medical emergency

According to officials, an elderly passenger onboard flight AI-2517 developed health complications during the journey, ...