Category Archives: Hyperbaric Medicine

Facebook Linkedin Pinterest Print Skin Burns Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves exposing the body to 100% oxygen at a pressure that is greater than normal. . Wounds need oxygen to heal properly. Exposing a wound to 100% oxygen may speed healing Continue reading →

You may have walked past the nondescript building at the southeast corner of the Kuakini campus, not realizing that it houses an essential resource for our state. The Hyperbaric Treatment and Wound Care Center (HTC), Hawaiis dive chamber, has been providing life- and limb-saving hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for over 37 years, now celebrating its 25th anniversary at its present location at Hale Pulama Mau. The unassuming facade belies its importance as the only emergency hyperbaric chamber in the state, serving the most critical patients in need of HBOT, and an essential safety net for military and commercial operations. Continue reading →

A newly added research report by Orbis Pharma Reports evaluating various developments and eventful milestones in global Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Clinics market suggests that the aforementioned market is an emerging one with ample scope for refurbishments and developments. Inclined to render optimum investment guidance for accurate pandemic management, this versatile research report also sheds ample light on COVID-19 pandemic management and evolution guide to emerge successfully from limitations that have stunned growth progression substantially Continue reading →

KINGSPORT Holston Valley Medical Center was the only United States hospital selected as a demonstration site for this years Leipzig Interventional Course (LINC). Dr Continue reading →

Credit: Shamir Medical Center Study finds hyperbaric oxygen treatments halt the aging of blood cells and reverses the aging process. A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Shamir Medical Center in Israel indicates that hyperbaric oxygen treatments (HBOT) in healthy aging adults can stop the aging of blood cells and reverse the aging process. In the biological sense, the adults blood cells actually grow younger as the treatments progress. Continue reading →

Brian Mac Grory, MB BCh BAO, has won the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association's 2020 Stroke Progress and Innovation Award (first place) for his research examining treatment for central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO), a rare type of stroke affecting the eye. The study performed by Mac Grory and colleagues found that clot-busting medications, if given within 4.5 hours after the eye stroke, improved the chances of vision recovery for patients with CRAO. This research, published July in Stroke, offers the best observational evidence for treating CRAO with thrombolysis that is currently available. Continue reading →

Shutterstock Winter is here and the temperatures are dropping, which means now is the perfect time to make sure your family is protected from carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is often called the "silent killer," because of its ability to take lives quickly and quietly. It's virtually undetectable by humans because it's colorless, odorless and tasteless. Continue reading →

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According to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control, the accuracy of the widely used No-Touch Thermometers for public temperature screenings is under question. This comes amid global spread of Covid-19 infection, with fever as one of the most common symptoms of the virus. The study was conducted to explore the difference in accuracy between Temporal Artery Thermometers (TAT) and No-Touch Thermometers Continue reading →

I had REGENCare treatments in October, and I just again today, and theyre fantastic. They just help rejuvenate my entire system, help replenish the muscle tissue, help just heal any nagging injuries that are throughout my body. REGENCare treatments are fantastic and its an all-natural way to heal Continue reading →