Healthy Aging at Moderate Altitudes: Hypoxia and Hormesis

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BACKGROUND: Aging is associated with cellular and tissue responses that collectively lead to functional and structural deterioration of tissues. Poor tissue oxygenation, or hypoxia, is involved in such responses and contributes to aging. Consequently, it could be speculated that living at higher altitude, and therefore in hypoxic conditions, accelerates aging. This assumption is indeed supported by evidence from...

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