May 11, 2012
For anyone interested in the use of hyperbaric oxygen to treat children with autism, we note the publication today of a simple but helpful systematic review in the online open-access journal Medical Gas Research, by Ahmad Ghanizadeh, Director of Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Iran. From today's abstract: The electronically [
May 10, 2012
Soon after the launch of Healogics, with some 540 wound care and hyperbaric centers across the US, comes the first open letter to the community from a key competitor, Wound Care Advantage. Founder and CEO Mike Comer writes: Granted our approach and model differs from the new Healogics. Wound Care Advantage is focused on turning around existing centers that are doing poorly and helping
May 09, 2012
For the last month the "Expeditions" blog on the Scientific American website has run an excellent series on the University of Southern California Dornsife Scientific Research Diving program. The May 4 installment covers the USC Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber. Written by dive safety officer Gerry Smith, the short piece nicely summarizes the center's important role in treating recreational and
May 08, 2012
The growing hyperbaric oxygen therapy center at Boswell Banner Medical Center in Sun City, Arizona, helped this man with bladder spasms caused by delayed radiation injury and caught the attention of this local TV health reporter. The center will host a community open house to show off its new chamber 8a to 11a on Wednesday 16 May.
May 08, 2012
Last night 60 Minutes interviewed two pilots who refuse to fly the US Air Force's F-22 fighter jet after experiencing serious health problems, including decompression sickness, vertigo, and a chronic "Raptor cough," apparently caused by hypoxia, or lack of oxygen. One of the pilots reports he had to be treated in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber after one test flight. Faulty emergency oxygen controls,
May 04, 2012
Since this morning's post the Ensemble Studio Theatre production of the stage play Headstrong has been extended through May 27. As advertised, we bring you these videos of Ivan Oransky's postshow discussion last evening with neuropsychologist Dr Jill Brooks and ESPN senior writer Peter Keating. Part 1 (29:10) Hat tip: Rich Kelley (@rpmkel)
May 03, 2012
When football great Junior Seau was found dead at his home yesterday, from a gunshot wound to the chest, his family and the police and reporters and sportswriters everywhere made the logical leap from concussion to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) to depression to suicide. All you have to say is "Duerson." Select stories here, here, and here, along with our previous coverage. But just
May 02, 2012
Three years after the first fatal hyperbaric chamber fire in the US, on 1 May 2009 at Neubauer Hyperbaric Neurologic Center, formerly Ocean Hyperbaric Neurologic Center, in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida, medical director Dr George Daviglus, 81, and hyperbaric technologist Lance Bark, 51, have been arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter. The fire killed an Italian boy, Francesco
May 02, 2012
The company formed by the merger of National Healing Corporation and Diversified Clinical Services now has a name: Healogics. The companies agreed to merge last September and announced the new identity on April 19 at the spring meeting of the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) and Wound Healing Society (WHS). Based in Jacksonville, Florida, Healogics is the largest provider of advanced
March 22, 2012
The Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center at McKay-Dee Hospital Center in Ogden, Utah, has received accreditation from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS). The hospital-based facility is part of the Intermountain Healthcare system. Learn more about facility accreditation in our UHMS profile and on the UHMS website. [Photo: McKay-Dee Hospital Center website]