Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) News for Veterans
Elena Schertz, NP of Extivita-RTP in North Carolina, discusses how her clinic is actively healing the injured and sick with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), including veterans, sports athletes and COVID long-haulers. She explains the proven benefits of HBOT – what it...
Veteran Tim Hammer undergoes hyperbaric oxygen therapy as a part of The 22 Project, May 20 in Delray Beach. JIM RASSOL/THE LAKELAND LEDGERAnthony Scaife can finally sleep at night. A veteran who served in the United States Navy from 1986 to 1993, Scaife suffers from...
by Representative Walker ThomasAs Memorial Day approaches, we take the time to acknowledge and remember the heroic men and women who have sacrificed everything to defend liberty and freedom on bloody battlefields across our world. Our commonwealth has an incredible...
Doctors and researchers with Aviv Clinics say hyperbaric oxygen therapy is showing promising results for veterans with treatment-resistant PTSD. Credit: First Coast News Retired Col. Andy Smith says HBOT therapy helped his PTSD. Dr. Elamir, a board-certified internal...
North Carolina is moving forward with a new way to help veterans who suffer from PTSD. N.C. formally recognized hyperbaric oxygen therapy as a viable treatment for PTSD in November with the passage of Senate Bill 442, which appropriated $150,000 from the state budget...
By Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter North Carolina is one of the first states in the country to start using a new oxygen treatment to help veterans overcome Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is being called a "lifesaver"...
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...
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...
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...