The bacteria living in your gastrointestinal tract may play a surprising role in how much altitude sickness affects you.

New data identifies two key risk factors for high-altitude pulmonary edema, a leading cause of death on the highest mountain in the Americas Back in 2021, I wrote about the case of Daniel Granberg, a ...

Altitude sickness emerged as a human concern thousands of years ago, and not just out of thin air. Even with years of studying the symptoms and impact on the body, it still affects many people who ...

Authorities say guides would fake emergencies to bill international insurance for helicopter rescues and treatment.

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Women taking oral contraceptives are at significantly increased risk of developing altitude sickness and are less likely to respond to treatment compared with those not on the ...

In the 2021 Netflix documentary 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, elite mountaineer Nirmal Purja races up the world’s highest summits at extraordinary speed. But even he isn’t immune to altitude.

Seven tourists have died from high-altitude sickness in Mustang district over the past seven months. Among the total casualties, four were foreign nationals. According to the District Police Office, ...