For years, how women's bodies respond to high altitude has been one of medicine's overlooked questions. This spring and summer, that started to change." Drs. Keyes and Brodmann at the World Congress for Mountain Medicine. Dr. Monika Brodmann was interviewed by the editor of the journal of the Swiss Society for Mountain Medicine about ISHARE at the International Society for Mountain Medicine (ISMM) Congress in Hathersage, England, in May. She provided details on the research a
The scientific meeting was a joint effort by the International Society for Mountain Medicine (ISMM), British Society for Mountain Medicine (BSMM) and International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (Union Internationale des Associations D'Alpinisme, UIAA). Focus on Women in the Mountains A full morning session was dedicated to Women in the Mountains, sponsored by the UIAA medical commission. This session built on the recent Women in the Mountains project, highlighting th
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