Fred McNeill, the 59 year old former NFL player with the Minnesota Vikings, is suffering cognitive decline and is using hyperbaric oxygen therapy. To watch CBS news video and read more:  Former Viking Fred McNeill Battling Dementia After Football 

An Iraq war veteran who suffered head injury during his service has finally received recognition from the military for his battle injury.  Suffering post concussive symptoms, Rusty Ouart, was told by military health officials that “debilitating headaches, vertigo, short-term memory loss and constant fatigue were all just in his head.”  Ouart sought independent treatment with [...]

First lady, Michele Obama, publicly announced a new program to help the troops coming home from the wars in the Middle East.  Speaking at Virginia Commonwealth University,  military members and veterans were told that more medical schools are teaming up to boost training and research on brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.  Dr. Paul Harch, [...]

A severely injured Marine’s undying spirit, devoted family members, intensive rehabilitation and additional treatment with hyperbaric oxygen therapy, made available through Healing Heroes Network, have helped Sgt. Joshua Cooley achieve great strides in recovery exceeding his doctors’ expectations.  “Improvement was happening before, but at a slower pace,” Christine Cooley said. “When we went to oxygen [...]

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“The major breakthrough in my recovery happened when I learned about hyperbaric therapy,” stated stroke patient Phillip Bell who attributes his ability to walk, talk and live – to a combination of physical, occupational and hyperbaric therapies.  To view this news story, go to:  Rejuvenating oxygen:  Patient says hyperbaric therapy helped him recover after stroke

Board certified neurosurgeon specialist in surgical brain tumor management, Dr. Christopher Duma, who practices at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, California, answers questions regarding his successful use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of an aggressive form of brain cancer, glioblastoma.  To read more:  Oxygen chamber joins fight vs. cancer

Former pro football’s San Francisco 49er, George Visger, talks about his current treatment with hyperbaric oxgyen therapy, the head injury he received during his playing career and the impact it has had on his life.  To read more, go to:  Battle Scars    

A growing body of evidence indicates that hyperbaric oxygen therapy helps patients with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.  Preliminary reports from treated soldiers are positive without side effects.  On the topic of treating head injured military service personnel with HBOT, frustration over the slow pace of data release is apparent.  “We’ve got an [...]

After appearing on the Dr. Phil show to promote his book, former Cleveland Browns, Scott Bolzan was referred by the show’s host for treatment to Dr. Frank Lawlis in Dallas, TX.  Bolzan, who suffered with amnesia following concussion, has stated in an interview that he believes HBOT, recommended by Dr. Lawlis, has created a “breakthrough” [...]

Linda Cope is well known to those in Bay County for her work as founder and president of the Warrior Beach Retreat Inc.  She also has been stumping for new treatments to aid wounded warriors in their recovery. Cope testified last week before Congress in support of a proposal to allow the military to pay [...]

“This study strongly suggests that both post traumatic stress disorder and the post concussion syndrome of mild traumatic brain injury are treatable nearly three years after injury,” concludes Dr. Paul Harch, who is also Medical Director of the LSU Hyperbaric Medicine & Wound Care Department. “The magnitude of the improvements in memory, executive function, functional [...]

Parents report improvement in autistic behaviors following treatment with HBOT.  In the article, Dr. Atul M. Gupta, director of East Tennessee Hyperbarics states, “The science has been around for decades. We’re just now learning about so many more applications that it has. Whereas before we thought it would only help with divers.” “Then we learned [...]

“The elevated oxygen levels help athletes increase performance and recover more quickly after a workout. In addition, increased oxygen delivery to the brain facilitates brain function and enhances an athlete’s ability to make the split-second decisions that can make a difference in the outcome of the game,”  states news from The Australian.  The elite athletes [...]

Warnings about the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning have begun to spread in the news media as the mercury drops and the snow flies in the West, the Midwest, and the Northeast. Hyperbaric oxygen treatment centers have featured prominently this week and last.  The Nebraska City News Press recently featured this article about the dangers [...]

A young woman from Delaware recently developed an emergency eye condition, retinal artery occlusion (typically known as a stroke that is specific to the eye) and was spared the devastating outcome of blindness because of rapid intervention with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. To read the full story: Fast intervention with hyperbaric oxygen therapy helps student to [...]

Soldiers who have suffered mild traumatic brain injury will take part in a study designed by the military at Camp Pendleton to document the effect of using hyperbaric oxygen therapy as treatment for their injuries. “There are a lot of unknowns about traumatic brain injury, which has emerged as the ‘signature injury’ of the wars [...]

Former NFL player for the 1982 Super Bowl championship San Francisco 49′ers, George Visger, has been undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy as part of his protocol for treatment of frontal lobe dementia.  Visger sustained a career ending concussion that led to brain surgeries and neurologic disability.  To read more, click:  NFL players speak up against brain [...]

A clinical trial utilizing hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy to increase the speed of radiation treatments for patients coping with malignant aggressive brain tumors is underway. “This is a postoperative study that focuses on using HBO as a radiation sensitizer,” says J. Paul Duic, M.D., neuro-oncologist at The Long Island Brain Tumor Center. “Once the tumor [...]