Mountain climbers who develop high altitude sickness – with symptoms that include extreme listlessness and coughing up blood – may now have an explanation for what causes the condition, researchers ...

Exposure to high altitude can cause acute mountain sickness (AMS) and, in severe cases, cerebral or pulmonary edema. Capillary leakage has been hypothesized to play a role in the pathogenesis of AMS, ...

High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), a life-threatening condition that can occur when people ascend a mountain too quickly, has puzzled scientists for years. It causes fluid retention in the lungs, ...

Pulmonary edema is a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs. The lungs are organs of respiration. Oxygen from the air passes through small air sacs of the lungs called alveoli and oxygenates ...

Philadelphia, PA, October 14, 2016 - Fluid accumulation and swelling (edema) may result from the malfunctioning of regulatory processes controlling vessel permeability in the body. Edema frequently ...

Edema occurs in particular organs and tissues as a result of specific mechanisms. Some examples are described below. In cerebral edema, fluid accumulates in and around the brain tissues. Abnormal ...

Scientific misconduct in cancer clinical trials. Quality-of-life benefit in chemotherapy patients treated with epoetin alfa is independent of disease response or tumor type: results from a prospective ...