A pilot trial at Amsterdam UMC found that hyperbaric oxygen therapy produced meaningful clinical and endoscopic improvement in patients with ulcerative colitis who had already failed multiple biologic treatments, according to results published in the Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis on May 14, 2026. The composite response rate reached 38% among all 16 participants and…
Key takeaways Radiation proctitis developed years after pelvic radiation for prostate cancer. Chronic radiation proctitis causes rectal bleeding, urgency, and anemia in some patients. Standard treatments focus on endoscopic ablation or topical agents. When bleeding persists, options narrow. This case shows one pathway that succeeded where others failed. What is chronic radiation proctitis? Radiation proctitis…
KANSAS CITY, Kan., May 19, 2026. A single dose of hyperbaric oxygen given before an autologous stem cell transplant was associated with significantly lower rates of long-term cardiac and renal damage in blood cancer patients, according to a 14-year follow-up study published Jan. 30 in Frontiers in Hematology. The retrospective analysis from the University of…
NEW DELHI, April 18, 2026. A patient with sudden sensorineural hearing loss regained functional hearing within seven days after non-surgical treatment at Vanya Clinic, Aesthetics & ENT in South Delhi, according to a press release issued by the clinic on April 18, 2026. The case adds a clinical data point to the ongoing debate over…
NANNING, China, May 20, 2026. Researchers at the Second Nanning People’s Hospital reported that combining normobaric high-flow oxygen therapy with low molecular weight heparin produced higher birth weights and a higher cure rate in pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction, according to a prospective cohort study published in the International Journal of Women’s Health. The…
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can both sensitize glioblastoma to radiation and chemotherapy and, under some conditions, accelerate tumor growth, according to a peer-reviewed mini-review published 28 March 2026 in Neurosurgical Subspecialties. The review, led by Sheng Gong and colleagues at the Department of Neurosurgery, Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,…
A new systematic review published in Cureus analyzed five clinical studies involving 431 patients to assess whether hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can reduce markers of heart muscle damage and inflammation. The findings showed statistically significant reductions in several cardiac biomarkers, including a 35% drop in creatine phosphokinase (CPK) levels in one trial. Researchers also observed…
Doctors at Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka (KBC Rijeka) in Croatia have reported what they believe is the first successful use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to treat severe gastrointestinal complications caused by stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). The case, announced on April 2, 2026, involved a patient with bile duct cancer whose condition had stopped responding to conventional…
QUICK ANSWER You cannot bring electronics, flammable materials, synthetic clothing, personal care products, metal objects, food, or drinks into a HBOT chamber. The oxygen-enriched environment inside the chamber makes ordinary items dangerous because materials burn faster and ignite more easily under pressure. Every hyperbaric facility maintains a prohibited items list based on NFPA 99 (National…
The Science of Pressurized Healing You already know that oxygen is necessary for healing. But breathing 100% oxygen at sea level and breathing it inside a pressurized chamber produce very different results in the body. At normal atmospheric pressure (1 ATA = one atmosphere absolute), oxygen binds almost exclusively to hemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying protein in…