DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – It’s estimated about 20 veterans lose their life to suicide every day. Many of them suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury. North Carolina’s Senate Bill 442 is creating an opportunity to expand treatment to help deal...
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Israeli Study Shows New Therapy Can Dramatically Reduce PTSD Symptoms, Many No Longer Had Illness: Report
A Tel Aviv University-led research study reportedly found that oxygen therapy can dramatically reduce the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and was so successful that half of those who underwent the therapy were no longer deemed to have PTSD at the...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves symptoms, brain’s microstructure and functionality in veterans with treatment resistant post-traumatic stress disorder: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial
Abstract Introduction Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by changes in both brain activity and microstructural integrity. Cumulative evidence demonstrates that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) induces neuroplasticity and case-series studies...
Oxygen chamber aids club final referee James Owens’ long Covid recovery
James Owens has revealed how he overcame the effects of long Covid-19 to take charge of this weekend's All-Ireland Club Senior hurling championship decider. The long-standing inter-county referee contracted Covid last August, and after an initial recovery, he suffered...
COVID-19 ‘long-haulers’ turn to hyperbaric oxygen treatments
Being a COVID-19 "long-hauler" is a real thing. Just ask Stephanie Gadoury of West Fargo, ND. Gadoury recovered from a COVID-19 infection back in June 2021, but a few months later she started having strange symptoms linked to the virus. She had extreme brain fog and...
This Relaxing 90-Minute Treatment Can Speed Your Healing Post-Plastic Surgery
Plastic surgery is no walk in the park, but the real challenge begins once you wake up and begin to heal. After popular procedures like rhinoplasties, breast augmentations, or facelifts, you will not exactly want to get up and dance on the table. While sedated or...
Dr. Maroon’s Personal Experience with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
My Personal Journey to Florida’s Aviv Hyperbaric Clinic – By Joseph C. Maroon, MD, FACS* In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, traveled to Florida seeking the Fountain of Youth. Legend has it that magical waters, from a special spring, could reverse the aging...
Treating Covid-19 Long-Haul Syndrome with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Long COVID, also known as long-haul COVID, chronic COVID or long-haul syndrome, refers to symptoms that persist for four or more weeks after an initial COVID-19 infection. Board-certified internist and cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough discusses potential treatments...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy being explored as treatment for long COVID
Jennifer Lind of Riverview said she's one of the success stories. "It got to the point where I couldn't walk her really around the neighborhood - only take her out," Lind said after taking her dog, Dinah Jane Maloney, for a recent jog around the neighborhood. After...