Oxygen isn't always a good thing. Of course, people—and most organisms—cannot live without it. But oxygen can also be quite ...

At first, I thought it looked like a hibernation pod from a sci-fi movie. Then, it started to feel like a humidified coffin.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common in military veterans but can affect anyone who has suffered or witnessed an extreme physical or emotional event, and it is very hard to treat. More than ...

A Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) unit has been established at Grace Kennett Foundation Hospital (GKFH) to offer advanced oxygen therapy for diabetic wounds, burns and complex healing challenges.

Motor learning skills let us move through the world: we use them to teach ourselves how to walk, how to pick up a drink, how to run. But age or sickness can weaken our ability to learn motor tasks.

Patients with fibrosing interstitial lung disease (ILD) who began supplemental oxygen therapy had triple the per patient per month ILD-related health care costs compared with those who did not.

UnityPoint Health – Trinity Center for Wound Care is offering hyperbaric oxygen therapy, according to a news release. Through a partnership with Healogics, the nation’s leading provider of advanced ...

Many other factors can impede the ability of wounds to heal. In 2002, a wound consensus group developed the TIME guidelines for the treatment of chronic wounds. The components of this mnemonic are ...

Lyon (south-eastern France): the Edouard-Herriot Hospital is equipped with an hyperbaric chamber manufactured by the German company Haux. Patient in a wheelchair. (Photo by: Andia/Universal Images ...

In a pilot trial, researchers have reported that treating mild to moderately depressed individuals with oxygen-enriched air had "a significant beneficial effect" on some depression symptoms. Fifty-one ...

After a fire that instantly killed a 5-year-old Michigan boy undergoing treatment in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, experts are urging clinicians to take a conservative approach to the controversial but ...

I thought I understood what it means to navigate the health care system − until my young daughter Lily was diagnosed with ...