Comments on: EXTREME SCIENCE: Doctors Drop Their Pants on Everest for a Blood Oxygen Test http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/08/extreme-science-doctors-drop-their-pants-on-everest-for-a-blood-oxygen-test/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:28:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nigel Hart http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/08/extreme-science-doctors-drop-their-pants-on-everest-for-a-blood-oxygen-test/comment-page-1/#comment-17320 Nigel Hart Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:53:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/08/extreme-science-doctors-drop-their-pants-on-everest-for-a-blood-oxygen-test/#comment-17320 Eh.....more like 8 straight weeks! Previous chamber studies have failed to replicate something of the authenticity of the exercise that occurs in the field. Eh…..more like 8 straight weeks! Previous chamber studies have failed to replicate something of the authenticity of the exercise that occurs in the field.

]]> By: Eliza Strickland http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/08/extreme-science-doctors-drop-their-pants-on-everest-for-a-blood-oxygen-test/comment-page-1/#comment-16862 Eliza Strickland Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:21:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/08/extreme-science-doctors-drop-their-pants-on-everest-for-a-blood-oxygen-test/#comment-16862 @ Egaeus: The climbers wouldn't have function with such low blood oxygen levels unless they'd spent several weeks gradually acclimatizing. To do a similar experiment in a hypobaric chamber they'd have to convince volunteers to stay in the chamber for three straight weeks, <a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/39763/title/Record_low_for_human_blood_oxygen_levels_" rel="nofollow">Science News</a> tells us. But I take your point -- maybe I should propose testing out how one's ability to blog is affected by high altitude and low blood oxygen levels! @ Egaeus: The climbers wouldn’t have function with such low blood oxygen levels unless they’d spent several weeks gradually acclimatizing. To do a similar experiment in a hypobaric chamber they’d have to convince volunteers to stay in the chamber for three straight weeks, Science News tells us.

But I take your point — maybe I should propose testing out how one’s ability to blog is affected by high altitude and low blood oxygen levels!

]]> By: Jumblepudding http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/08/extreme-science-doctors-drop-their-pants-on-everest-for-a-blood-oxygen-test/comment-page-1/#comment-16860 Jumblepudding Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:00:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/08/extreme-science-doctors-drop-their-pants-on-everest-for-a-blood-oxygen-test/#comment-16860 So if the cells "housekeeping abilties" were turned down, does this mean that oxidative stress on the cell accumulates at a faster rate at these oxygen levels? So if the cells “housekeeping abilties” were turned down, does this mean that oxidative stress on the cell accumulates at a faster rate at these oxygen levels?

]]> By: Egaeus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/08/extreme-science-doctors-drop-their-pants-on-everest-for-a-blood-oxygen-test/comment-page-1/#comment-16857 Egaeus Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:43:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/08/extreme-science-doctors-drop-their-pants-on-everest-for-a-blood-oxygen-test/#comment-16857 Wouldn't a hypobaric chamber have been a bit more practical than climbing Everest? I think that someone may have gotten a research grant to pay for a personal trip. Wouldn’t a hypobaric chamber have been a bit more practical than climbing Everest? I think that someone may have gotten a research grant to pay for a personal trip.

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