Want to stay skinny? Live in Aspen. Want to win a gold medal at the Olympics? Don’t exercise here.These were some of the claims made last Thursday in front of a packed crowd at the Given Institute as ...

Stable patients with pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) tolerated travel to high altitudes fairly well with frequent monitoring and supplemental oxygen therapy provided as necessary, a field study found ...

Email: [[kwkamb]] Webpage: {{http://www.wm.edu/as/kinesiology/research/lab-pages/jbarf, Jack Borgenicht Hypoxia/Altitude Physiology Research Facility}} A native of ...

Dr Julian Alexander Härtel and Dr Nicole Müller from the Department of Paediatric Cardiology at the UKB, who jointly led the study, with study nurse and coordinator Ute Baur. The researchers conducted ...

I could have saved myself the cost of a trip to the coast. I live at an elevation of 3,500 feet, and last year I traveled to Victoria, British Columbia, to run my Boston Marathon qualifying race. As ...

A mantra in pilot training is that you should train the way you fly, and then fly the way you train. Thanks to its enormous fleet of Level C and D full-flight simulators, FlightSafety International ...

High-altitude environments impose unique physiological challenges due to reduced atmospheric oxygen levels. Mammals native to these regions exhibit a range of adaptations that enhance oxygen uptake, ...

The Jack Borgenicht Hypoxia/Altitude Physiology Research Facility (JBHARF) operates a normobaric hypoxia chamber at a “normal” sea level atmospheric pressure of approximately 760 torr (1 torr = 1/760 ...

If you’re racing at high altitude, your performance will suffer. (How high is “high”? Opinions differ, and it also depends on your physiology, but there’s evidence that elevations as low as 1,900 feet ...

The hot trend in elite athletics the past decade has been the use of altitude training and hypoxic tents to improve aerobic capacity and performance. The converse question is also intriguing – if you ...