Effective treatment is now available for millions suffering with long COVID symptoms
Aviv-Clinics July 12, 2022 Recently published clinical trial is the first to comprehensively evaluate, diagnose and treat neurological conditions in people experiencing debilitating and lingering COVID-19 symptoms Figure 1 The potential penetration routes of COVID-19...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves neurocognitive functions and symptoms of post-COVID condition: randomized controlled trial
Abstract Post-COVID-19 condition refers to a range of persisting physical, neurocognitive, and neuropsychological symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection. The mechanism can be related to brain tissue pathology caused by virus invasion or indirectly by neuroinflammation...
Sound Health: Chronic wounds affect 1 in 4 family members
The Center for Wound Healing at Carle BroMenn Medical Center uses hyperbaric oxygen therapy as one of its treatment methods.We all get cuts and scrapes, but for a lot of people, those injuries may not heal. And the longer a wound stays open, the higher the risk of...
MORE IS BETTER: THE RECURRENT ILLUSION OF HIGHER PRESSURE HBOT IN CHRONIC BRAIN INJURY PAUL G. HARCH, M.D.
Image Credits: Harch HBOTIn the past two years a disturbing trend has become a standard of care in the off-label use of HBOT for chronic pediatric brain injury, the use of 1.75 ATA oxygen. Unfortunately, this is merely the latest re-emergence of the age old illusion...
Nicolas Colsaerts: Who knows what the future holds for the new version of myself
Dubai: Belgian golfer Nicolas Colsaerts, who is on a recovery path from rare kidney disease, is eager to come back on the Tour as quickly as possible. The 10-time champion says he has missed his job and passion badly for the last six months and is ready to fire on all...
Alzheimer’s disease: hyperbaric oxygen proposed as treatment in new study
Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, has long been associated with a build-up of plaques (clumps of protein) in the brain. Scientists in Israel have shown that a type of oxygen therapy can stop new plaques forming and even remove existing plaques in...
Could hyperbaric oxygen be an effective therapy option for pathological scars? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract Background: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy involves breathing pure oxygen or a high oxygen concentration above atmospheric (ATM) pressure in an enclosed chamber. Studies on pathological scars have demonstrated that HBO can inhibit the formation of...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy could help fight ulcerative colitis, study says
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has shown promise in treatment for patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, according to a study published in Cellular Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves breathing pure oxygen in a...
Treating chronic-stage stroke with hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Mohammed Elamir (The Villages, USA) and Amir Hadanny (Be’er Ya’akov, Israel) mark this year’s Stroke Awareness Month by discussing hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)—an emerging approach that they believe could break new ground in post-stroke recovery.Every year, more...