If summer travel plans include high altitude conditions, it is important to take proper precautionary measures to prevent sickness, said a travel medicine expert from Baylor College of Medicine.

The prevention is nearly complete in acute mountain sickness and complete in high-altitude pulmonary edema. The results of prevention with furosemide in one of the groups, consisting of 100 ...

Beall has been studying the human response to hypoxic living conditions for years. In research published in October 2024, she ...

A new study reveals that Tibetan communities have developed unique adaptations to survive in the low-oxygen conditions of the ...

Traveling at high altitude can be hazardous. The information provided here is designed for educational use only and is not a substitute for specific training or experience. Princeton University and ...

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We asked Dr. Bernabe Abramor, one of 30 physicians who work on Aconcagua during the climbing season, about his work and how ...

That can exacerbate altitude-related symptoms. But avoid alcohol, Dow said. Not only can it make symptoms of acute mountain sickness worse, but being tipsy can mask a condition known as high ...

Men who brave high altitudes to climb or hike are at an increased risk of infertility according to a new study. And, while the damage appears to be reversible, it could take months for their fertility ...

Dad-of-two Gerrard Kennedy, 41, tragically died while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania as he developed severe altitude sickness. He didn't have any known health problems ...