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American Academy of Family Physicians (Popularity:  )
http://www.aafp.org/afp/980415ap/harris.html
Overview article with an informational handout for patients.
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Apex Altitude (Popularity: )
http://www.apex-altitude.com/
A charity that exists to perform high altitude medical research and educate the public about the topic
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Birmingham Medical Research Expeditionary Society (Popularity: )
http://www.bmres.org.uk/
Site of a group of medical scientists studying the effects of altitude and the causes and management of acute mountain ...
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CDC Travelers' Health Information on Altitude Illness (Popularity: )
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/altitude.htm
CDC's advisory for people planning travel to destinations at altitude.
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Cerebral Syndromes (Popularity: )
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic22.htm
Article from Emergency Medicine covering cerebral syndromes in altitude sickness from AMS to HACE.
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Family Practice Notebook: High Altitude Sickness (Popularity: )
http://www.fpnotebook.com/ER14.htm
Outline of symptoms, prevention, and diagnosis for all altitude related illnesses.
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Healthy Me (Popularity: )
http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/topic13676
Basic information, including a bibliography.
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High Altitude Medicine and Biology (Popularity: )
http://www.liebertpub.com/HAM/
About the magazine published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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High Altitude Pathology Institute (Popularity: )
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/6280/
High altitude travel advice. Information on chronic mountain sickness, high altitude pulmonary edema, the use of hyperoxic/hypoxic adaptation chambers, and ...
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High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (and me) (Popularity: )
http://www.weasel.com/hape.html
Personal account of an experience with HAPE.
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High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) (Popularity: )
http://comspark.com/esarc/reference/pulmedema.htm
Article on a personal experience with HAPE.
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High-Altitude Medical Guide (Popularity: )
http://www.high-altitude-medicine.com/
Information on the prevention, recognition, and treatment of altitude illness, as well as other health issues affecting travelers to destinations ...
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High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema: Current Concepts (Popularity: )
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=Display&DB=PubMed
Abstract of a 1996 article summarizing the current state of HAPE research and treatment.
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HypoMed Global Services (Popularity: )
http://www.hypomed.ch/
Information on Hypoytherapy/Hypoxytraining. About the annual international "Hypoxia in Medicine" conference.
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Hypoxia (Popularity: )
http://www.hypoxia.net/
Information about the International Hypoxia Symposium including abstracts.
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International Society for Mountain Medicine (Popularity: )
http://www.ismmed.org
Altitude tutorial. Newsletter archive. About the World Congress on Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology.
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Mechanism for Life-Threatening High-Altitude Sickness Uncovered (Popularity: )
http://www.newswise.com/articles/2001/4/ALTITUDE.HRT.html
Article from the American Heart Association on a study of the mechanism that causes HAPE.
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Medex and Medical Expeditions (Popularity: )
http://www.medex.org.uk/
Information about and from this research charity dedicated to investigating the mechanisms of altitude related illness. Newsletter archive and planned ...
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Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (Popularity: )
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section20/chapter281/281a.htm
Chapter from the Merck Manual on altitude sickness covering causes, treatment, and prevention.
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Non-Physician Altitude Tutorial (Popularity: )
http://www.ismmed.org/np_altitude_tutorial.htm
Tutorial from the International Society for Mountain Medicine covering acclimatization, AMS, HACE, and HAPE. Includes treatment and prevention information.
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