Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel explains how hyperbaric therapy could help to combat mental health disorders in veterans. A new approach to treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is showing promise in clinical trials.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the process of breathing in pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber to treat various physical health conditions. Researchers in Israel have discovered it can also help treat mental health conditions, specifically combat-associated PTSD (CA-PTSD) in military veterans. US ARMY VETERAN STARTS SUCCESSFUL BARBECUE BUSNESS DESPITE HEALTH CHALLENGES: ‘VERY PROUD’ The study, published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, analyzed 63 veterans from 2020 to 2023 who underwent randomized treatment.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy could address core PTSD symptoms like nightmares and flashbacks, a researcher told Fox News Digital. (iStock) The group of veterans who went through HBOT showed a "significant decrease" in PTSD symptoms , with 68% of respondents reporting improvement. The researchers concluded that "dedicated HBOT protocol can improve PTSD symptoms of veterans with CA-PTSD.
" HEARING LOSS IS BIGGEST DISABILITY AMONG MILITARY VETERANS, EXPERT SAYS Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel joined "Fox & Friends" on Monday to discuss these findings, Although some experts believe it’s "still early" to bank on this treatment, the doctor noted that the brain shows signs of oxygen deprivation in patients with.