altitude

Health at heights

... health. If the human body is left exposed at high altitude without acclimatisation, the effects can be devastating. Sometimes the combination of high altitude and lower atmospheric pressure causes fluid to leak from the capillaries. From take off to touch ...

High Altitude ‘Speeds up ageing process

...ntration of these hormones in women living at high altitude never reached the levels found in those living at ...ontrol group. It’s known that women living at high altitude are more susceptible to disease, and tend to die earlier. “Research findings show that hanges in th...

Altitude sickness connected to genes

...gs into why some mountain climbers are affected by altitude sickness and others are not. They say two changes ...ted to lung function may increase the risk of high altitude sickness.// The illness, high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), can result when people climb higher...

Treating Altitude Sickness With Viagra

...esearchers say // it can also ease the symptoms of altitude sickness. The finding could be significant because in severe cases, altitude sickness can cause dangerously high pulmonary arterial pressures and pulmonary edema, putting suffer...

Air travel reduces oxygen level in the blood

...ed by pulse oximetry at ground level and at higher altitude during a flight. The results show that there exists reduction in oxygen saturation in all passengers traveling in both long distance and short distance flights. The mean level of oxygen saturation was 97% at the ground level and 93% at the cruising ...

Measles Break Out In Relief Camps

...0,000 quake survivors living at over 5,000 feet of altitude urgently need food and shelter. Last month, donor countries and international financial institutions pledged $5.8 billion for reconstruction of regions ravaged by October's earthquake that killed more than 75,000 people and rendered 3.5 million peop...

Viagra Beneficial to High-Altitude Athletes

...while breathing through masks to simulate the high altitude low-oxygen conditions at 12,700 feet was found to ...sion, following which rose its potential as a high altitude performance drug. Pulmonary hypertension is often a result of exercise in oxygen-poor environment...

China's Insurance Companies Offer Policy for Altitude Sickness

...a special policy for customers who may suffer from altitude sickness.// The policy will be available from Au...siting the high-altitude region and an increase in altitude sickness cases. According to a research, 30 percent of all visitors to Tibet suffer from headaches...

Onchocerciasis: Presentation And Treatment

...onditions such as humidity, rapid water rivers and altitude of Bioko favour the development of this pathology, since this is the habitat of the fly acting as a vector. The parasite, in the form of larve, is inoculated to humans when the fly bites humans to obtain blood. Female parasites measure 30 to 50 cm an...

River Blindness Incidence Reduced With Effective Treatment

...t of the island. The environmental conditions and altitude of Bioko favor the development of the disease. The parasite, in the form of larvae, is transmitted to the humans when the fly bites the humans to suck blood. Female parasites are larger than the male parasites and live up to 10 to 15 years. The i...

Skin Cells Make Use of Geographic Co-Ordinates to Reach Their Destination

...geographic coordinates: latitude// , longitude and altitude to reach their destined place in the body. Resea...milar areas of the world that share a latitude and altitude but differ in longitude, both the palms and soles are on the outer layer of the skin far from the ce...

Lab On Mount Everest A Reality Next March

... care. "By observing healthy individuals at high altitude where oxygen is scarce, we can learn about physiological changes that can improve critical care at the hospital bedside because low oxygen levels are an almost universal problem in critical care," he said. The BBC reports that at least 10 volunteer...

Ignorance - the main reason behind deaths on Mount Everest

... exhaustion. Altitude-related sickness like high// altitude cerebral edema (HACE) and high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) also pose a serious threat, because many climbers take too long to reach the ...

Research on Top of the World

...d before they trek up Mount Everest and at various altitude levels. The study, which has drawn international attention, hopes to help doctors understand how critically ill patients respond to low oxygen levels, and how hypoxia can be treated. Says Dr Mike Grocott, ‘We hope it (the project) will increase our...

Experiments on Mount Everest to Study Oxygen Deprivation Effect

...cts' blood flow speed and monitoring the impact of altitude on their mental functions. They would also be work...e during the experiments. Comparing the sea and altitude level reactions will help the team find out what physiological changes occur in such conditions. It ...

British Doctors on Everest Mission Get Bitter Dose

... higher up, with the final one at South Col, at an altitude of 8,000 m. An offshoot of the experiment, Project Everest, aimed to recruit over 1,000 volunteers to measure their heart rates and breathing at high altitudes in order to come up with fitness programmes in the future. The team, also including ca...

GPS Could Help to Identify High Risk Zones

...ocked zones more effectively. GPS networks send altitude and location readings to satellites that can thus chart movements on the earth's surface with an accuracy of a few millimetres. This allows them to monitor 'slow-slip events' to define locked zones. As more GPS are installed and produce measurement...

Australian Grape Glut Dries Up as Drought Bites

..." Dolle believes Orange's cool climate, soil and altitude make it a good place to produce wines, particularly whites. "If there is a lack of water around Australia and an abundance of water here from rainfall, then theoretically we should benefit from that," he said. Peter Robson, who runs Ross Hill, on...

Global Warming Threatens Tibet

...f rich grassland and one fourth of wetland at high altitude have vanished in the past 15 years. The scientists have called for more support for ecological research on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. They said that a foundation to attract public donations and help fund the research should be set up....

Nurse Has Miraculous Escape as Window is Blown Off an Air Ambulance

...ndow, so he put the airplane into a dive to a safe altitude of 10,000 feet. "I kept saying, 'Don't pass out, don't pass out, I have a patient on board and I have to take care of the patient,"' he said. Fogg said the patient, who saw the whole thing, was not in danger because he was on oxygen. The man was ...