Aug 2007
Carpet in!
Thursday, August 23, 2007 Filed in:
Office
I finally got the new carpet installed
into the front and it looks pretty good. I was finally able (with
the help of a patient) able to track down recycled, environmentally-friendly carpet tiles from Flor and find people who knew how to install
it.
So, now the front desk is in the other room and (9 months on... hmm...) nearing completion of the remodeling.
So, now the front desk is in the other room and (9 months on... hmm...) nearing completion of the remodeling.
Even more on HBOT!
Thursday, August 23, 2007 Filed in:
Medical
Would you believe I got an email last
night about using hyperbaric oxygen in the military for al the
brain injured veterans we're getting these days? It's from
the American Association
for Health Freedom, who are supporting the
International Hyperbaric Medical Association
in seeking funding for treatment for 400
veterans.
In the background info for the
campaign, they
include this video of a 17 year old who suffered traumatic
brain injury in a high speed motor vehicle accident. After he was
discharged from a rehab canter for for failure to improve, he
underwent 90 HBOT sessions and made remarkable improvements. An
interesting thing to note in this video is that after the first 40
treatments he only makes minimal progression, but then things start
improving more quickly.
More on Hyperbarics
Monday, August 20, 2007 Filed in:
Medical
Every time I read more on the utility
of hyperbaric oxygen (HBOT), I'm more annoyed that it isn't being
used more frequently to treat some of the things it's really good
at: neurovascular diseases (MS, alzheimer's, etc.), ischemic
conditions (stroke, heart attack, sickle cell exacerbations). In
addition to
the article I mentioned last november, I've come across a couple
more: a
journal article about the successes of HBOT (and the politics holding it back)
and an article
about the unrelenting attacks on a physician who is using it to
successfully treat patients, as well as an article about the American Heart Association's
demonstration that HBOT is an effective treatment for heart
attack.
In fact, here's 13 benefits to the heart from HBOT (from that last article, please see it for the references):
1. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy applied to the heart during critical loss of oxygen exerts a remarkable defibrillating effect so that tremulous, rapid, ineffectual contractions are prevented; total death of the heart muscle cells is avoided; and abnormal dilation of the blood vessels with subsequent complications is controlled.1
2. Using HBOT in conjunction with various drugs enhances the effectiveness of both the oxygen and the drugs.2,3,4,5
3. Combining HBOT with drugs completely arrests or considerably reduces angina attacks in patients otherwise resistant to prolonged drug treatment.6,7,8.9
4. Patients with cardiac pain from ischemic heart disease experience total relief, along with disappearance of dyspnea (difficulty breathing), when they receive HBOT.10,11
5. Administering HBOT lowered elevated blood cholesterol in all 220 patients cited in a study conducted by the Russian internist Dr. S.A. Borukhov and her colleagues.12
6. HBOT normalized electrocardiograms in all patients in that same Soviet study.13
7. For diminished muscular power of the heart, HBO exerts long-term normalizing effects for circulating blood through the body.14
8. HBOT exerts antiarrhythmic action on the heart.15,16,17
9. HBOT increases heart patients' tolerance to hard work and taking on physical loads.18,19
10. HBO taken at three atmospheres of pressure (a pressure rarely used in the United States) protects any individual's heart from damages due to lack of oxygen.20
11. One's entire heart conduction system functions better from receiving HBO treatment (even when prophylactically administered).21
12. Without taking drugs of any kind, breathing oxygen under pressure stabilizes impaired fat metabolism and improves liver function for someone with ischemic heart disease.22
13. Due to its characteristic of mollifying stress and distress, HBO has long-term and short-term protective effects for a person with a heart problem.23
Finally, I just came across a virtual font of articles on HBOT written by Dr. R. A. Neubauer MD, including 2 articles specifically about the etiology of multiple sclerosis and the treatment of MS with HBOT (1, 2).
In fact, here's 13 benefits to the heart from HBOT (from that last article, please see it for the references):
1. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy applied to the heart during critical loss of oxygen exerts a remarkable defibrillating effect so that tremulous, rapid, ineffectual contractions are prevented; total death of the heart muscle cells is avoided; and abnormal dilation of the blood vessels with subsequent complications is controlled.1
2. Using HBOT in conjunction with various drugs enhances the effectiveness of both the oxygen and the drugs.2,3,4,5
3. Combining HBOT with drugs completely arrests or considerably reduces angina attacks in patients otherwise resistant to prolonged drug treatment.6,7,8.9
4. Patients with cardiac pain from ischemic heart disease experience total relief, along with disappearance of dyspnea (difficulty breathing), when they receive HBOT.10,11
5. Administering HBOT lowered elevated blood cholesterol in all 220 patients cited in a study conducted by the Russian internist Dr. S.A. Borukhov and her colleagues.12
6. HBOT normalized electrocardiograms in all patients in that same Soviet study.13
7. For diminished muscular power of the heart, HBO exerts long-term normalizing effects for circulating blood through the body.14
8. HBOT exerts antiarrhythmic action on the heart.15,16,17
9. HBOT increases heart patients' tolerance to hard work and taking on physical loads.18,19
10. HBO taken at three atmospheres of pressure (a pressure rarely used in the United States) protects any individual's heart from damages due to lack of oxygen.20
11. One's entire heart conduction system functions better from receiving HBO treatment (even when prophylactically administered).21
12. Without taking drugs of any kind, breathing oxygen under pressure stabilizes impaired fat metabolism and improves liver function for someone with ischemic heart disease.22
13. Due to its characteristic of mollifying stress and distress, HBO has long-term and short-term protective effects for a person with a heart problem.23
Finally, I just came across a virtual font of articles on HBOT written by Dr. R. A. Neubauer MD, including 2 articles specifically about the etiology of multiple sclerosis and the treatment of MS with HBOT (1, 2).
