http://www.go2altitude.com/blog GO2Altitude Hypoxicator - boost your performance! Sat, 29 Oct 2011 07:17:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Measuring specific, exercise-related responses can help physicians determine who may be more at risk for severe high altitude illness (SHAI), according to a study conducted by researchers in France. The researchers also found that taking acetazolamide (ACZ), a drug frequently prescribed to prevent altitude illness, can reduce some of the ... http://www.go2altitude.com/blog/index.php/2011/10/researchers-identify-potential-risk-factors-for-severe-altitude-sickness/ JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The nation's F-22 fighter jets went back into service Wednesday, four months after they were grounded over pilot complaints about a lack of oxygen. Air Force instructor pilots began flying the stealth jet fighters at six bases across the U.S. This followed a ... http://www.go2altitude.com/blog/index.php/2011/09/hypoxia-like-symptoms-air-force-returns-170-grounded-f-22s-to-service/ AB Managing Editor: By Michael Popke — A second man has died following an underwater training accident at a public pool on Staten Island. The New York Daily News reports that 21-year-old off-duty lifeguard Jonathan Proce died Sunday at New York Presbyterian Hospital following an exercise at Lyons Pool last Wednesday ... http://www.go2altitude.com/blog/index.php/2011/07/two-men-died-in-staten-island-breath-holding-accident/ Dr. Gary Wadler, M.D., the chairman of WADA’s Prohibited List and Methods Subcommittee, says: “There’s tremendous individual variability that makes it hard to predict who will benefit,” . “In a highly controlled, hospital-level environment, the equipment probably isn’t dangerous,” he says. More worrisome to Wadler are the muscle-heads who will try ... http://www.go2altitude.com/blog/index.php/2011/07/high-altitude-training/ Luks, Andrew M., Erik R. Swenson. High Alt. Med. Biol. 12:109–119, 2011. Pulse oximetry is a valuable, noninvasive, diagnostic tool for the evaluation of ill individuals at high altitude and is also being increasingly used to monitor the well-being of individuals traveling on high altitude expeditions. Although the devices ... http://www.go2altitude.com/blog/index.php/2011/07/pulse-oximetry-at-high-altitude/ Acute Mountain sickness (AMS) is the term given to a number of symptoms that occur after rapid ascent to high altitude.   Severe forms may be life threatening because of pulmonary or cerebral oedema.  Mild forms of this illness can affect up to 50% of population traveling to altitudes above 12,000 ... http://www.go2altitude.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/mountain-sickness-facts/ by Paul Hameister At 8.30am on 11 May I was privileged to be the first climber for the 2011 season to stand on top of the world. At the same time, I became the 68th Australian in history to summit Mt Everest. However, the reality is that I stood on the ... http://www.go2altitude.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/at-830am-on-11-may-2011-i-was-privileged-to-be-the-first-climber-for-the-2011-season-to-stand-on-top-of-the-world-at-the-same-time-i-became-the-68th-australian-in-history-to-summit-mt-everest/ ScienceDaily (Mar. 26, 2011) — Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in partnership with the Harvard School of Global Health have found that people living at higher altitudes have a lower chance of dying from ischemic heart disease and tend to live longer than others. One of ... http://www.go2altitude.com/blog/index.php/2011/03/high-altitude-living-reduces-risk-of-dying-from-heart-conditions-low-o2-makes-genes-creating-new-blood-vessels/ Hypoxia/Mountain Medicine Scientist/Clinician: You have previously been to the International Hypoxia Symposia or one of our sister meetings regarding mountain medicine. As a fellow scientist/clinician interested in the effects of hypoxia, we want to inform you of the latest developments regarding the upcoming Hypoxia and Cancer 2011 meeting. If you interest is ... http://www.go2altitude.com/blog/index.php/2011/03/hypoxia-2011-registration-extended/ The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of intermittent hypoxic training (IHT) with 95 % of lactate threshold workload (WRLT) on aerobic capacity and endurance performance in well-trained cyclists. Twenty male elite cyclists, randomly divided into a hypoxia (H) group (n=10; age 22 ± 2.7years; VO2max 67.8 ± 2.5 ml·kg-1·min-1; body ... http://www.go2altitude.com/blog/index.php/2011/03/the-effects-of-intermittent-hypoxic-training-on-aerobic-capacity-and-endurance-performance-in-cyclists/