Alpine altitude climate treatment (AACT) may help people with asthma that remains severe despite maximum guideline-adherent treatment, according to a position paper by the European Academy of Allergy ...

Asthma and adventure travel may not be a good mix, according to Israeli and U.S. researchers. The team evaluated 203 patients with asthma before and after adventure trips, including 147 who went on a ...

Many people are familiar with altitude sickness and the effect it has on the body, but many people often fail to realize that there is a severe form of altitude sickness that even people living at ...

My son saw the return of his asthma problem during his cross country race a couple of Saturdays ago – cold, rainy, high altitude. He’s among the fastest runners on the team, especially in warm weather ...

You report suggestions that asthma could be reduced in a lower oxygen atmosphere (31 July, p 42). There may be a simpler explanation – a controlled or high-altitude atmosphere may lack the irritants ...

Colorado doctors are leading the charge to promote expanded research into high altitude illnesses, namely high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), in an attempt to remove barriers in understanding the ...