At 8,000 feet, most lowlanders are affected by the reduced oxygen at high elevations, says Dr. Peter Hackett, a professor at ...

New data identifies two key risk factors for high-altitude pulmonary edema, a leading cause of death on the mountain.

the body must adjust to having less oxygen. In addition, for reasons not entirely understood, high altitude and lower air pressure causes fluid to leak from the capillaries which can cause fluid build ...

humans must wear spacesuits that supply oxygen for breathing and that maintain a pressure around the body to keep body fluids in the liquid state. At this altitude the total air pressure is no ...

For the average person, living at high altitude—where oxygen is sparser than at sea level—can have health benefits ranging from lower rates of heart disease to increased endurance. But for ...

DRDO conducts successful high-altitude trial of indigenous ILSS for LCA Tejas, eliminating need for traditional oxygen ...

By the end of 2022, an emergency task force had mobilized more than $1 billion worth of medical oxygen equipment and supplies to more than 100 countries. One country that has made substantial ...

Back in 2021, I wrote about the case of Daniel Granberg, a 24-year-old from Colorado who died at the summit of a Bolivian mountain called Illimani of what turned out to be high-altitude pulmonary ...