Corboy said most travelers come down with the less serious, mild form of altitude sickness but there are more serious types ... High altitude pulmonary edema, or HAPE, is a progression of the ...

This extra ventilation increases the oxygen content in the blood ... the periodic breathing. This type of breathing is not considered abnormal at high altitudes. However, if it occurs first during an ...

Two researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) have discovered a gene variant found in high-altitude Andean ... for certain types of blood cancer.

Rascher was said to dissect victims' brains while they were still alive to show that high-altitude sickness resulted from the formation of tiny air bubbles in the blood vessels of a certain part ...

2 But, are all forms of sport suitable for people with type 1 diabetes? Lack of data on the effects of altitude on blood glucose control has led to reticence among members of the medical profession to ...

Objective To evaluate the antioxidant reserve of blood plasma of elite athletes in the period of high training loads at altitude using a new approach based on kinetic chemiluminometry. Design ...