Researchers develop novel ketone supplements to enhance non-toxic cancer therapy
(University of South Florida (USF Health)) A team of researchers from the Hyperbaric Biomedical Research Laboratory at the University of South Florida (Tampa, Fla.) doubled survival time in an aggressive metastatic cancer model using a novel combination of non-toxic dietary and hyperbaric oxygen therapies. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 10, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Hyperbaric hope for fibromyalgia sufferers
Women who suffer from fibromyalgia benefit from a treatment regimen in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, according to researchers. Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome that can be accompanied by -- and perhaps related to -- other physical and mental conditions that include fatigue, cognitive impairment, irritable bowel syndrome and sleep disturbance. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 2, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Hyperbaric hope for fibromyalgia sufferers
(Rice University) Women who suffer from fibromyalgia benefit from a treatment regimen in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, according to researchers at Rice University and institutes in Israel. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - June 2, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
ACEP Toxicology Section Antidote App (free)
This simple but very useful app, from the Toxicology Section of the American College of Emergency Physicians, provides basic information about uses and dosing of basic antidotes used in toxicology. Version 1.1 covers approximately 50 different antidotes from A (acetylcysteine) to T (thiamine).
Of course, clinical judgment is still required when considering these treatments, and most situations requiring use of the antidotes listed would justify consultation with a poison center. For example, one of the potential indications listed for hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy in carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is myocardial ischemia....
Source: The Poison Review - March 27, 2015 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical ACEP american college of emergency physicians android antidotes app iOS Source Type: news
Why debunked autism treatment fads persist
The communication struggles of children with autism spectrum disorder can drive parents and educators to try anything to understand their thoughts, needs and wants. Authors describe a litany of treatments for autism that have been attempted with little or no success over the years, including gluten- and casein-free diets, antifungal interventions, chelation therapy, magnetic shoe inserts, hyperbaric oxygen sessions, weighted vests, bleach enemas, sheep-stem-cell injections and many more. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 26, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Why debunked autism treatment fads persist
(Emory Health Sciences) The communication struggles of children with autism spectrum disorder can drive parents and educators to try anything to understand their thoughts, needs and wants. Authors from Emory University and other institutions describe a litany of treatments for autism that have been attempted with little or no success over the years, including gluten- and casein-free diets, antifungal interventions, chelation therapy, magnetic shoe inserts, hyperbaric oxygen sessions, weighted vests, bleach enemas, sheep-stem-cell injections and many more. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 26, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Ben Parkinson, Britain's most injured soldier who lost his legs walks two miles a day
Ben Parkinson, 30, from Doncaster, is one of the first soldiers to undergo the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) at the clinic in Edinburgh and has now taken his first six steps unaided. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The miraculous healing powers of oxygen
Brain injured veteran Ben Parkinson has started the controversial hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Cherrill Hicks talks to Prof Philip James, author of a new book on the subject (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ben Parkinson Prof Philip James brain injury Cherrill Hicks hyerbaric oxygen treatment Source Type: news
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Interview with Philip James, an advocate of oxygen therapy and author of a new book on the subject. He mentions its potential use in a number of conditions including MS.
Daily Telegraph
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy - A to Z of MS (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 2, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Whole bowel irrigation? Don’t just do something, stand there!
3.5 out of 5 stars
Position paper update: Whole bowel irrigation for gastrointestinal decontamination of overdose patients. Thanacoody R et al. Clin Toxicol 2015 Jan;53:5-12.
Abstract
In 1997 the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT) and the Euroopean Association of Poisons Centre and Clinical Toxicologists (EAPCCT) published a position paper regarding the use of whole bowel irrigation (WBI) for gastrointestinal decontamination in the poisoned patient. The key conclusions were that no evidence existed showing that WBI improved clinical outcome, and that it should not be used routinely but “may be considered...
Source: The Poison Review - January 13, 2015 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical gastrointestinal decontamination overdose poisoning polyethylene glycol position paper whole bowel irrigation Source Type: news
Tox on the Web: deadly cocaine/fentanyl combination, the rising price of naloxone, and more
Cocaine/Fentanyl Kills 3 in North Carolina: WTVD-ABC Eyewitness News in Raleigh, North Carolina reports that 3 people local Chatham County died over the weekend — and another 6 were taken to hospital — after using cocaine that had been surreptitiously adulterated with fentanyl. This is somewhat unusual, although many deaths in the past have been caused by fentanyl-laced heroin. A similar death occurred recently in Upstate New York.
Naloxone Sticker Shock: The New York Times reported that with demand for intranasal naloxone increasing exponentially as take-home programs and use by police departments and oth...
Source: The Poison Review - December 8, 2014 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical cocaine fentanyl death. gastric lavage fatality robert hoffman tox on the web Source Type: news
Hyperbaric Oxygen No Better Than Sham After Concussion Hyperbaric Oxygen No Better Than Sham After Concussion
A study of military service members has shown that both hyperbaric oxygen and sham air compression improved postconcussion symptoms, possibly because of a strong placebo effect. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - November 26, 2014 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Oxygen chambers helped treat concussions, but so did placebo treatment
Despite anecdotal reports that hyperbaric oxygen chambers can be used to treat concussions, strong evidence is mounting that they don’t. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - November 18, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Market Outlook and Expansion Strategies for North America Hyperbaric...
North America Hyperbaric Oxygen Chambers Market Outlook to 2020 is a new pharma market report announced by Reportstack.(PRWeb November 02, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/11/prweb12295964.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - November 3, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Each Day I Like It Better: Autism, ECT & the Treatment of Our Most Impaired Children
Say “shock therapy” to most people and what comes to mind?
For many, it is some version of Jack Nicholson’s experience in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: a patient writhing on the table as a crazed doctor sends waves of electricity through his brain, all with disastrous consequences.
Even during my psychiatry clerkship as a medical student, I had some trepidation when my attending doctor recommended that I observe the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) my severely depressed patient was receiving. I went down to the PACU and waited nervously as the patient was wheeled into the room and helped onto the gurne...
Source: Psych Central - October 31, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Megan Riddle Tags: Autism / Asperger's Book Reviews Children and Teens Disorders ECT General Personal Stories School Issues amy lutz Amy SF Lutz Each Day I Like It Better impaired children treatment Source Type: news
