Performance in athletic activities that include a significant aerobic component at mild or moderate altitudes shows a large individual variation. Physiologically, a large portion of the negative ...

A recent mouse study suggests that low-oxygen conditions, such as being at high altitudes, could cause red blood cells to absorb excess blood glucose, potentially helping to protect against diabetes.

According to Dr Akhilesh Yadav, Director – Orthopaedics & Joint Replacement, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali, hyperbaric oxygen therapy has long been used in highly specific medical ...

Dave Hostler is an expert on how deep-sea diving and other extreme environmental conditions affect human health, performance and survival. His research has relevance for commercial divers, ...

Over the past two decades, intermittent hypoxic training (IHT), that is, a method where athletes live at or near sea level but train under hypoxic conditions, has gained unprecedented popularity. By ...

With the increase of high-altitude sojourn population, more and more studies on hypoxia have been conducted, but the associated changes in gut bacteriome in different hypoxic environments need to be ...

Definitions of hypoxaemia, hypoxia, type 1 respiratory failure and hyperoxaemia Definition of hypercapnia and type 2 respiratory failure Definition of acidosis (respiratory acidosis and metabolic ...

Resistant hypertension (RH) is defined as above-goal elevated blood pressure (BP) in a patient despite the concurrent use of 3 antihypertensive drug classes, commonly including a long-acting calcium ...