by Craig Danehy | Jul 23, 2018
We’ve been talking a lot about the “off-label” uses of HBOT lately, so here’s some information about one of the few FDA, Medicare, and commercial insurance-approved conditions for the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) – the treatment of non-healing foot...
by Craig Danehy | Jul 9, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared hyperbaric chambers for certain medical uses, but so far, treatment of Autism isn’t “approved”. A recent Consumer Update on the FDA’s website explains it this way, The FDA is concerned that some claims made by...
by Craig Danehy | Jun 11, 2018
Insurance probably won’t cover it. The FDA hasn’t approved it. Most of the studies done so far are considered ‘flawed’ in one way or another… Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) can be costly, as well. Suggested schedules for treatment call for multiple sessions over an...
by Craig Danehy | Jun 5, 2018
We’ve all seen movies where a SCUBA diver resurfaces too quickly – usually to avoid a giant shark or alien monster – and gets “The Bends”, (decompression sickness or DCS). The next scene has him rushed into a stainless-steel tank that looks like a...
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