Editor’s note: This is the final installment of the series The Longevity Project, a collaboration between The Aspen Times and the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. Sleep is important for everybody; ...

Every year, thousands of people travel to high-altitude environments for tourism, adventure-seeking, or to train and compete in various sports. Unfortunately, these trips can be marred by the effects ...

One of the nuggets that stuck with me from David Epstein’s 2013 book The Sports Gene was that the two fastest American marathoners at the time, Shalane Flanagan and Ryan Hall, both spent some of their ...

Data of the current study were collected within a prospective cohort study with the purpose to investigate the effects of acute, prolonged and repeated altitude exposure on cognitive performance in ...

New research has identified a biological mechanism that may explain why people living at higher elevations tend to develop type 2 diabetes at lower rates. Under low-oxygen conditions typical of ...

The emergence of COVID-19 virus has led to a pandemic with staggering morbidity and mortality. There is evidence showing that pre-existing conditions and environmental factors are associated with ...