Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has shown to be effective in animal models for autism improvement. Sitting in a hyperbaric (high-pressure) oxygen chamber has been shown, in an animal model, to improve the social functioning and the condition of the autistic brain,...
Calciphylaxis is a rare condition that typically occurs in kidney disease patients. An excess of calcium forms in the patient's arteries & blood vessels and the result is clotting that promotes to skin lesions that are extremely painful. Calciphylaxis can be a...
In this Research Rundown we focus on breast cancer patients utilizing Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy post-radiation Highlights: For this clinical trial, data has been collected from over a thousand women who battled breast cancer with radiation treatments. Since hyperbaric...
The Setting the Highest Standard: 2022 Heart of Case Management Awards brings the industry four stories of Genex professionals who went above and beyond to help injured employees. This particular case involved hyperbaric oxygen therapy to save an employee's toe from...
A woman's light-hearted TikTok video is going viral after she tells her story of painful hand burns during surgery in Mexico. While in Mexico receiving a "mommy makeover" Shannyn Palmer's hands got very cold on the operating table. She was under anesthesia and unable...
Utopia Wellness Cancer Center is well known for using an integrative, holistic approach to healing. This unique cancer center integrates the mind, body and spirit into the healing process using conventional and alternative therapies to encourage optimal health. Cited...
Decompression sickness, also known as caisson disease or the bends, is a condition that occurs when the body experiences a reduction in pressure. It is true that decompression sickness typically affects deep-sea divers, but it can also affect compressed air workers,...
The Halloween sugar high can be scary. Sometimes we find ourselves eating as much candy as we can out of the kids’ pumpkin buckets – because let’s be honest, they need that sugar way less than we do! But there are things we can do to blunt the negative impacts of...
Image Credits: Courtesy Mitzi Byrd/Facebook with permission for WHSV On Aug. 16, 2022 WITN in Greenville reported that ECU commit Parker Byrd, who was severely injured in a boating accident on Bath Creek on July 23, had all his stitches and staples removed and he is...
What is Buerger's Disease? Leo Buerger first identified Thromboangiitis obliterans in 1908. This medical condition is now typically called Buerger's Disesase; it's a disease that restricts blood flow in the small and medium arteries. In this fairly rare condiiton,...
