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OXYGEN LEVELS DROP DURING FLIGHT More than half of plane travelers have their oxygen satura- tion drop to a level at which hospital patients would be prescribed extra oxygen, an Irish study finds. Belfast researchers found oxygen levels fell by an average of 4 per- cent when people reached cruising altitude. The study also found there is a significant fall in oxygen levels in all age groups during both short and long haul flights. "The oxygen levels of 54 percent of our subjects fell to less than 94 percent at maximum altitude and an earlier study suggests that a third of physicians would put hospital patients with these levels on extra oxygen," says Dr. Susan Humphreys, anesthetic specialist registrar, says in Anesthesia. "We believe that these falling oxygen levels, together with factors such as dehydration, immobility and low humidity, could contribute to illness during and after flights." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Dying to be thin? Anorexia. Narrated by Julianne Moore . http://us.click.yahoo.com/7visLB/gsnJAA/xGEGAA/8zSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New! Sign up for local CML support group meetings in your local community at http://cml.meetup.com Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Support List) --------------------------------- Part Of CMLHope.Com An International Community Of CML Patients For more information: http://cmlhope.com Post Message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To No Mail/Web: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CML Group Web Site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
