A 20-year-old Pennsylvania woman died of both high altitude pulmonary edema and high altitude cerebral edema on a hike with friends to Conundrum Hot Springs last month, an official said Friday.

Many people are familiar with altitude sickness and the effect it has on the body, but many people often fail to realize that there is a severe form of altitude sickness that even people living at ...

Colorado doctors are leading the charge to promote expanded research into high altitude illnesses, namely high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), in an attempt to remove barriers in understanding the ...

NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) May 29 -- Salmeterol, a long-acting inhaled beta-agonist, may help prevent high-altitude pulmonary edema, according to the results of a double-blind, randomized trial reported ...

NBC correspondent Morgan Chesky shares how a hiking trip to Utah ended up in a rush to the ICU due to a condition that can affect anyone at high altitudes: high altitude pulmonary edema. He details ...

NBC journalist Morgan Chesky developed a fever, fatigue, and difficulty breathing on a hiking trip. After taking an ambulance to a hospital, he was diagnosed with high altitude pulmonary edema. HAPE ...

On Wednesday, the correspondent shared a detailed description on Instagram of his frightening Utah trip, where he suffered from a high altitude pulmonary edema while hiking Morgan Chesky is recovering ...

Early reports of COVID-19 symptoms and the compelling need to quickly identify treatment options and curb the growing number of critically ill patients have led to erroneous and potentially dangerous ...

Pulmonary edema is a critical condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs, causing leakage from blood vessels into air sacs normally filled with air for oxygen exchange. This accumulation impedes ...

Many people are familiar with altitude sickness and the effect it has on the body, but many people often fail to realize that there is a severe form of altitude sickness that even people living at ...

Colorado doctors are leading the charge to promote expanded research into high altitude illnesses, namely high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), in an attempt to remove barriers in understanding the ...