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	Mechanism for Life-Threatening High-Altitude Sickness Uncovered URL: http://www.newswise.com/articles/2001/4/ALTITUDE.HRT.html ODP description: Article from the American Heart Association on a study of the mechanism that causes HAPE. Page title: Newswise
	eMedicine Health - Mountain Sickness URL: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/mountain_sickness/article_em.htm ODP description: Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment. Page title: Mountain Sickness
	Pardoes Altitude & Acclimatization Page URL: http://www.pardoes.com/climbing/acclima.htm ODP description: Information on proper acclimatization and hydration to reduce the incidence of altitude illness. Discussion of altitude's effect on diet, menstruation, and medications. Bibliography and links.
	High Altitude Pathology Institute URL: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/6280/ ODP description: High altitude travel advice. Information on chronic mountain sickness, high altitude pulmonary edema, the use of hyperoxic/hypoxic adaptation chambers, and triple hypoxia syndrome. Page title: High Altitude Pathology Institute -> IPPA <- Page description: High altitude travel advice, High altitude sickness,chronic mountain sickness, high altitude pulmonary edema, Bolivia hyperoxic/hypoxic adaptation chamber, triple hypoxia syndrome
	Outdoor Action Guide to High Altitude URL: http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/safety/altitude.html ODP description: Description of altitude related illnesses, their symptoms and their treatment. Page title: OA Guide to High Altitude: Acclimatization and Illnesses
	HypoMed Global Services URL: http://www.hypomed.ch/ ODP description: Information on Hypoytherapy/Hypoxytraining. About the annual international "Hypoxia in Medicine" conference.
	High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (and me) URL: http://www.weasel.com/hape.html ODP description: Personal account of an experience with HAPE. Page title: weasel.com: High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (and me) Page description: High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (and me)
	High-Altitude Medical Guide URL: http://www.high-altitude-medicine.com/ ODP description: Information on the prevention, recognition, and treatment of altitude illness, as well as other health issues affecting travelers to destinations at altitude. Page title: The High Altitude Medicine Guide Page description: The High Altitude Medicine Guide. These web pages provide information about altitude illness and other health issues affecting travellers to high mountainous regions of the world.
	Supplemental Oxygen for the General Aviation Pilot URL: http://www.dr-amy.com/rich/oxygen/ ODP description: Article on determining the need for supplemental oxygen at density altitude.
	Urinary Leukotriene E4 Levels in HAPE URL: http://infoventures.com/osh/abs/aero0004.html ODP description: Abstract of a study of the association between urinary excretion of leukotriene-E4 (LTE4) and high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) in order to determine whether HAPE involves inflammatory mechanisms. Page title: URINARY LEUKOTRIENE E4 LEVELS IN HIGH-ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA. A POSSIBLE ROLE FOR INFLAMMATION
	WebMD - Altitude Sickness URL: http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/Altitude-Sickness-Topic-Overview ODP description: Explains causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention. Page title: Altitude Sickness-Topic Overview Page description: What is altitude sickness?Altitude sickness occurs when you cannot get enough oxygen from the air at high altitudes. This causes symptoms such as a headache and not feeling like eating. It happens most often when people who are not used to high altitudes go quickly from lower altitudes to or higher. For example, you may get a headache when you drive over a high mountain pass, hike to a high ...
	Cerebral Syndromes URL: http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic22.htm ODP description: Article from Emergency Medicine covering cerebral syndromes in altitude sickness from AMS to HACE. Page title: eMedicine - Altitude Illness - Cerebral Syndromes : Article by Thomas E Dietz, MD
	Hypoxia URL: http://www.hypoxia.net/ ODP description: Information about the International Hypoxia Symposium including abstracts. Page description: premier site for all hypoxia/altitude related information
	Non-Physician Altitude Tutorial URL: http://www.ismmed.org/np_altitude_tutorial.htm ODP description: Tutorial from the International Society for Mountain Medicine covering acclimatization, AMS, HACE, and HAPE. Includes treatment and prevention information.
	APEX: Bolivia 2001 URL: http://www.apex-altitude.com/ ODP description: Research expedition to study the effects of acute mountain sickness (AMS). Page title: Apex
	Outdoor Places URL: http://www.outdoorplaces.com/Features/Mountain/altitude/page1.htm ODP description: Basic description of common illnesses encountered at various altitudes with prevention tips. Page title: Altitude 101 - OutdoorPlaces.Com Page description: Performing all forms of outdoor activity becomes an increasing challenge as altitude increases. Contrary to popular belief, your ability to perform at higher altitude is tied less to your physical condition, and tied more to your genetic stock. Certain medical conditions such as asthma and high blood pressure can be aggravated by altitude. If you use a little common sense and do some preparation, you will find that you will b...
	International Society for Mountain Medicine URL: http://www.ismmed.org ODP description: Altitude tutorial. Newsletter archive. About the World Congress on Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology.
	Birmingham Medical Research Expeditionary Society URL: http://www.bmres.org/ ODP description: Site of a group of medical scientists studying the effects of altitude and the causes and management of acute mountain sickness.
	High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema: Current Concepts URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=Display&DB=PubMed ODP description: Abstract of a 1996 article summarizing the current state of HAPE research and treatment. Page title: Entrez PubMed Page description: PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
	CDC Travelers' Health Information on Altitude Illness URL: http://www.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/altitude.htm ODP description: CDC's advisory for people planning travel to destinations at altitude. Page title: Moved Ã¢â¬â Yellow Book: Non-Infectious Risks: Altitude Illness \| CDC Travelers' Health Page description: Official U.S. government health recommendations for traveling. Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).