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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Methods This meta-analysis uses raw data from 17 studies that used carbon monoxide rebreathing to determine Hbmass prealtitude, during altitude and postaltitude. Seven studies were classic altitude ...

The body also makes a slight shift to the blood's acidity to help it retain oxygen better, Dow said. (Over many weeks or months, a person living at high altitude will actually develop more red ...