If you want to learn how to prevent altitude sickness, you need to understand how it can occur. And few people are as familiar with how it can ruin a hunt as Cody Arnold, who worked as a hunting guide ...

“Altitude sickness is a serious but avoidable problem,” says Jelinek, the cause of which is lower oxygen levels in the am- bient air. At 5,000m they’re only about half those at sea level. “The most ...

Altitude sickness, or mountain sickness, as it’s sometimes called, is what happens when you go up in elevation too quickly causing your body to prioritize what needs the air most. Common symptoms ...

The moment Lia Saunders stepped off the bus from Huanchaco, Peru, to Huaraz last fall, it hit her. “The world was spinning and I felt like death,” she says. “It was like the worst hangover you can ...

If you’re lucky enough to have traveled to a high-altitude destination—the Rocky Mountains, the Swiss Alps, Machu Picchu—then you may also be unlucky enough to have experienced altitude sickness.

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The moment Lia Saunders stepped off the bus from Huanchaco, Peru, to Huaraz last fall, it hit her. “The world was spinning and I felt like death,” she says. “It was like the worst hangover you can ...

Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is common at high altitudes and is often associated with headaches. AMS is theorized to be ...

If you’ve just arrived in Summit County from sea level — or even just from Denver — you could be at risk for developing altitude sickness. Acute mountain sickness is a fairly common ailment at over ...

A new study finds that a medication commonly prescribed to prevent and combat symptoms of acute mountain sickness does not reduce exercise performance at high altitudes. This may be especially ...

Some people who live at high altitudes suffer breathlessness, palpitations and dizziness, while others have no health problems, and now a new study reveals which genes may explain the difference. The ...

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