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Plain Sailing: New Treatment Could Consign Seasickness to the Depths in Five Years

Seasickness has dogged sailors and seafarers on the high seas for centuries. Now, a new treatment may be about to consign the troublesome ailment to the deep—and you could access it through your smartphone.

In a study published in the medical journal Neurology on Friday, scientists from Imperial College London detailed how they had developed a form of electro-cortical therapywhereby tiny electrical currents are passed through the brain which they say provides an effective treatment for motion sickness experienced in planes, trains and automobiles, as well as boats.