When I had to turn back from a trek in the Andes, I decided to find out what happened. A Q&A with mountaineer and specialist ...

They call it the “death zone.” It’s a stretch of Mount Everest that’s about 26,000 feet up and is strewn with something like 200 corpses permanently frozen into the landscape —a warning to other ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Via ferrata in Slovenia's Julian Alps: If you don't have the time to do it on site, you can get your body used to the thinner air ...

Altitude sickness—medically termed Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS)—develops when the body has difficulty adapting to the ...

Diamox (acetazolamide) helps the body adapt to high elevations and prevent altitude sickness. Nifedipine ER can treat high-altitude pulmonary edema when other options aren't available. Ibuprofen can ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Brian Strickland, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (THE CONVERSATION) ...

Traveling at high altitude can be hazardous. The information provided here is designed for educational use only and is not a substitute for specific training or experience. Princeton University and ...

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, we cover why your body feels so ‘off’ at high altitudes and how we’ve evolved not to detect low oxygen levels but high amounts of carbon dioxide. Then we ...