Hyperbaric Chamber for Vets With the Help of Hero Dr. Paul
Hyperbaric Chamber for Vets with the help of Hero Dr. Paul – www.hbot.com www.balancedhealthtoday.com Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) 1.5 in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS) and TBI Stress Disorder (PTSD) Pilot Trial According to the Rand Report (Invisible Wounds of War, 4/2008) as many as 660000 of the 1.5 million United States servicemen and women sent to Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001 have incurred and are now suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, or combinations of all three. The consequences of these disorders are significant and include marital discord, unemploy-ment, societal dysfunction, violence upon family members and loved ones, alcohol and drug abuse, criminal activity, and 15 suicides/day, the highest of any US military conflict in history. In addition, these men and women are no longer fit for duty and are discharged from the military for a variety of reasons or medically boarded out of the military. The loss of experience and intellectual capital is expected to compromise the future of our voluntary military. The fact that there is no effective treatment for TBI and partially effective treatment for PTSD contributes to the despair of these individuals, but also severely compromises recruitment efforts, the lifeblood of the military. In the late 1980s Drs. Harch and Van Meter in New Orleans applied a lower pressure protocol (1.5 ATA-Atmospheres Absolute) of HBOT to patients with chronic traumatic brain injury based on the …
Study Findings Confirming Reliable Beta-Amyloid Imaging in the Living Brain …
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By Banner Sun Health Research Institute NEW ORLEANS, April 25, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Results of a phase III study that showed tremendous reliability in the detection of beta-amyloid in the living brain will be presented by Marwan Sabbagh, MD, …
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New Method May Help Detect Marker for Alzheimer's Disease Earlier
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By American Academy of Neurology NEW ORLEANS, April 15, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Use of a new drug to detect the beta-amyloid plaques in the brain that are hallmark signs of Alzheimer's disease may help doctors diagnose the disease earlier, …
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Teacher's story connects with students who struggle
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In 1997, when Joey was nine years old, they were living with two roommates in a house in New Orleans. Gail, Crystal's step-father Owen, Joey and a roommate were all killed. School became a refuge, the place where Crystal could run away from abuse and …
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