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• Author: Taylor, Mike
• Position: Attitude at Altitude - Brief Article

SCIENTISTS ALREADY KNOW THAT birth weights at high altitude are lower, and infant mortality is higher. And acute mountain sickness affects up to 25 percent of skiers and other mountain tourists.

These and other matters related to high-altitude living will be the focus of the newly formed Colorado Center for Altitude Medicine and Physiology (CCAMP), which eventually will be based at the Fitzsimons medical campus.

Established by the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, CCAMP will also work with the U.S. military, conducting research on how high altitude affects physical performance and how the military can best prepare for travel to high-altitude locations such as Afghanistan.

Dr. Benjamin Honigman will serve as director of CCAMP and Dr. Robert Roach will...