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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has been used for the better part of two centuries. Search our arhives below for past HBOT news and research or scroll down for the latest.
The Latest HBOT News & Research
Senate Passes Comprehensive Bill to Combat Veteran Suicide
“On Saturday I heard another compelling story from a North Dakota veteran named AJ about the powerful difference Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy can make in the lives of our veterans. Our legislation advances the study of this impactful...
AP / ABC News: Doctors try pressurized oxygen chambers in COVID fight
As a New York University medical researcher who works once a week in an emergency room, Dr. David Lee had the luxury of time to think like a scientist while also treating coronavirus patients whose lungs kept giving out. In every case,...
Why Does the FDA Have Such an Unflattering View of Hyperbaric Medicine?
Article by Dick Clark on National Baromedical ServicesOn May 15, I submitted an Emergency Use Authorization request, seeking FDA approval for hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment of COVID-19 disease. You can read the entire submission in a...
UHMS Reverses Position On Use of HBOT for COVID-19
The Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) has just reconsidered its original opinion on the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to treat patients with COVID-19. They now support the compassionate care use of HBOT for COVID-19 in their...
Is the Time Right for Alternative Therapies?
Article by Joel Goldstein on BrainlineThe theory of neural plasticity claims that long after a brain is injured it may still retain the ability to repair itself, to regain lost functions by establishing new neural pathways in response...
Why Would the FDA Block the Use of HBOT to Avoid Intubation in COVID-19 Pneumonia?
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) has been used for many decades to treat a variety of maladies which have as their common denominator low tissue oxygen levels (hypoxia). Thanks to the pioneering work of Steve Thom and others, HBOT has...
The Physics of HBOT in COVID-19 Pneumonia (It’s Not Rocket Science)
Yesterday there was a news report on one of the clinical trials using hyperbaric oxygen therapy to reduce the need for intubation in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia.There is nothing magic about a hyperbaric chamber for COVID-19...
New treatment promises hope during pandemic
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - From Louisiana to Long Island, hyperbaric chambers, once used only to treat divers suffering from the bends, are increasingly being used to treat COVID-19 patients with surprising success.While the numbers are small, doctors at...
Cognitive enhancement of healthy older adults using hyperbaric oxygen: a randomized controlled trial
Abstract:More than half of community-dwelling individuals sixty years and older express concern about declining cognitive abilities. The current study’s aim was to evaluate hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) effect on cognitive functions...