Increasing numbers of people with diabetes are seeking advice about participation in high altitude climbing, which has the problems of serious metabolic demands, a high likelihood of acute mountain ...

This condition, which often occurs during medical events such as heart failure, can also cause acute altitude sickness; ...

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.

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 ...

Altitude sickness can put a real damper on an adventure, or even cause serious health concerns. But there are foods to help ward it off and fight symptoms.