Anything new in to combat motion sickness?

As a kid, say thru the age of about 13, I was quite
susceptible to motion sickness. It was guaranteed
that if you put me in the back seat of an airplane
I would get airsick. If I was in the front seat or
in
the back seat with controls and flying I would be fine.
By about 14 I was no longer prone to airsickness
when just riding in the back seat of an aircraft.
But if I attempted to read anything in an aircraft
or a car I would get queasy in short order. It is
not
uncommon for new pilots to get queasy when
navigation requires detailed map reading.
About the age of 35 my eyesight started to
diminish and I began t need reading glasses. A
side benefit of the slightly reduced near vision was
that I found that I could now read while riding in
a
vehicle, without getting motion sickness.


At 09:00 04 February 2007, Alex wrote:
One interesting theory on the cause of motion sickness
is on the
Wikipedia and I am quoting it here, not sure if you
can prove it, but
it's an interesting idea:

'The most common theory for the cause of motion sickness
is that it
evolved as a defence mechanism against neurotoxins.
The area postrema
in the brain is responsible for inducing vomiting when
poisons are
detected, and for resolving conflicts between vision
and balance. When
feeling motion but not seeing it (for example, in a
ship with no
windows), the inner ear transmits to the brain that
it senses motion,
but the eyes tell the brain that everything is still.
The area
postrema will always believe the inner ear signal over
the eyes, as
the eyes are more susceptible to trickery (see optical
illusion). As a
result, the brain will come to the conclusion that
one is
hallucinating and further conclude that the hallucination
is due to
poison ingestion. The brain responds by inducing vomiting,
to clear
the supposed toxin.'