Dr. Walter Foxcroft, a 43-year-old board-certified physical therapist, died Wednesday night after a flash fire erupted inside a hyperbaric chamber at his clinic in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Emergency crews responded to reports of a person trapped in the burning device around 10:50 p.m., arriving to find the building filled with smoke. Firefighters pronounced Foxcroft…
A family of nine sought care at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem after unusual symptoms struck during the Rosh Hashanah holiday. The group, consisting of two parents and seven children, reported dizziness, headaches, nausea, and vomiting. Medical staff quickly identified high levels of carbon monoxide (CO) in their blood, confirming poisoning as the cause….
A new systematic review and meta-analysis examines the role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in treating radiation enteritis (RE), a common side effect of pelvic radiation in cancer patients. Researchers from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine analyzed 22 clinical studies with 1,318 participants. The review, published in…
A new study published in Frontiers in Ophthalmology explores how a single session of hyperbaric oxygen therapy affects the healthy retina. Conducted by Turkish researchers Nur Demir, Selin Gamze Sumen, and Belma Kayhan, the research used full-field electroretinography (ffERG) and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) to measure changes. Participants included 20 patients aged 18 to…
QUICK TAKES A scoping review published in Frontiers in Medicine evaluated available evidence on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) and its effects on insulin resistance in patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM). Authors Mafalda Sampaio Alves et al. screened 230 articles and selected 17 for analysis. The review reports that “the HBOT appears to improve fasting glycaemia…
A diver who developed severe Type II decompression sickness (DCS) with gas emboli in several organs made a full recovery through hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The treatment shrank bubbles and restored normal function, allowing discharge without lasting effects. This outcome appears in a case report published in Frontiers in Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine and Anesthesiology section…
Bryan Johnson just spent 90 days locked in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber for 90 minutes at a time. The man who’s famous for spending $2 million annually to reverse aging decided to test whether breathing pure oxygen under pressure could actually turn back his biological clock. The results? “Is this an important therapy or is…
What is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) and Is It Safe? Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves breathing pure oxygen while sitting or lying in a pressurized chamber. The air pressure inside is about 2-3 times higher than normal air pressure, which allows your lungs to gather more oxygen than would be possible breathing pure oxygen at normal…
Hubert Allen, a resident of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, regained his ability to walk and drive after completing 60 sessions of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) at the ECU Health Wound Healing Center. The treatment targeted complications from a radiation injury, which caused chronic wounds, frequent hospital stays, and disorientation. As the first patient to reach…
QUICK FACTS Jamie Kavanagh’s fight against glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, is nothing short of remarkable. Diagnosed in 2021 with a disease that typically leaves patients with a survival window of 12 to 18 months, Jamie has surpassed expectations, battling on for over three years now. From the beginning, his journey has been tough. He…