Alpine altitude climate treatment (AACT) may help people with asthma that remains severe despite maximum guideline-adherent treatment, according to a position paper by the European Academy of Allergy ...

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 ...

Rising cases of asthma in European children could be partly due to indoor swimming pools, Belgian scientists said on Tuesday. They believe exposure to chlorine bi-products, both in the air and the ...

You report suggestions that asthma could be reduced in a lower oxygen atmosphere (31 July, p 42). There may be a simpler explanation – a controlled or high-altitude atmosphere may lack the irritants ...

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 ...