Air travel and your health
Up, up, and away
It sounds simple enough, but flying has never been easy for ordinary men. Needless to say, the terrible events of September 11, 2001, have made air travel more worrisome and difficult than ever. But while you can't do much to prevent terrorism and crashes, you can do quite a lot to protect yourself from the more common health hazards of flying.
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