Altitude training and hypoxic exposure represent a multifaceted approach in sports physiology and medical research, where controlled exposure to environments with reduced oxygen availability is used ...

There are few times in life when one should aim for suboptimal performance, but new research at Rice University suggests scientists who study metabolism and its role in evolution should look for signs ...

A new study has found that placing older, sedentary adults in a simulated high-altitude environment with reduced oxygen for a week before major surgery greatly improved their hemoglobin levels, ...

Simulated high altitude could help older patients at risk of health complications related to surgery, a new study has found. A randomised trial of eight volunteers spent a week exposed to reduced ...

In the thin air above 3000m, climbers battle fatigue, cold and altitude sickness, but what if the damage outlasts the expedition? A team at the University of Edinburgh has shown that even a brief ...

Medical conditions that deprive the testes of oxygen, such as sleep apnea, may be contributing to the decline in male fertility observed over the past 50 years, a new study suggests. Published in ...

Human athletes have long utilized training at high altitudes to improve their oxygen-carrying capacity, so it should come as no surprise that trainers of equine athletes have tried similar methods.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — As the Buffalo Bills prepare to take on the Denver Broncos in Saturday’s divisional round playoff game, a local doctor says the mile-high altitude in Denver could present challenges, ...

Simulated high altitude could help older patients at risk of health complications related to surgery, a new study has found. Simulated high altitude could help older patients at risk of health ...