Study shows HBOT appears to help heal some old traumatic brain injuries

[Guest guest]

This looks interesting. HBOT is clearly a therapy that can help a lot

of different health issues.

The military uses it on their jet pilots, but that is probably because

of the investment they have made in their training. Why can't they

build more HBOT chambers and make them available to a wider number of

people?

People's quality of lives and ability to work is important.

Has anybody here with mold neuro issues used it and had positive results?

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Military prodded on brain injuries

By P. Gilkey, USA Today/Detroit Free Press Thursday, March 8, 2007

Air Force Lt Col. Doctor , chief of trauma surgery,

looks at the CT scan of a patient who had sustained a gun shot wound

to the head in the ER of the Air Force Theater Hospital in Balad,

Iraq.

TROOPS EXPOSED

About 1.4 million troops have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pentagon

research indicates that:

11% to 28% of combat troops may have been exposed to bomb blasts and

suffered at least mild traumatic brain injury.

30% of Iraq and Afghanistan casualties treated at Walter Army

Medical Center have been diagnosed with mild, moderate or severe

traumatic brain injury.

By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY

The Pentagon lacks a comprehensive plan to identify and treat tens of

thousands of troops who may suffer from traumatic brain injury, the

signature wound of the Iraq war, according to a previously undisclosed

Defense Department memorandum obtained by USA TODAY.

The memo was released this week in response to a Freedom of

Information Act request. Troops with mild and moderate brain injury

are of greatest concern, the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, now

part of a new Defense Health Board, said in the Aug. 11 memo.

DOCUMENT: Defense Department memo

The board's finding has surfaced as the Army's medical care for Iraq

veterans comes under harsh criticism in Congress following disclosures

by The Washington Post of soldiers facing bureaucratic delays and

substandard housing at Walter Army Medical Center.

The memo said the Pentagon should take the lead in " tackling the issue

of TBI (traumatic brain injury) given our current wartime challenges. "

It was signed by Wayne Lednar, an epidemiologist, and Poland,

chief of the Defense Health Board.

" There remains a need to better understand the unique characteristics

of blast-associated TBI and to reduce the health risk and

complications from mild or moderate forms of brain injury, " the memo

said. Lednar and Poland did not return calls for comment.

The panel drafted the report after receiving evidence of traumatic

brain injury during a closed hearing in March 2006.

The Pentagon's best work on TBI was on the most severe cases, the memo said.

It noted that mild cases are hard to spot and can limit mental performance.

Multiple concussions, the report said, can cause permanent damage.

Among the panel's recommendations: improved protective gear,

standardized battlefield methods to spot brain injuries, better ways

to determine when a injured soldier can return to duty and screening

all returning troops for brain injury.

In response, the Pentagon said Wednesday it is spending $14 million

for more research on blast injuries and giving medics in combat zones

evaluation forms to diagnose mild brain injury. " Our goal is to

identify TBI as soon as possible, " said Pentagon spokeswoman

.

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., an advocate of improved brain injury

treatment, called the panel's finding " outrageous. " She added, " Four

years into the war and we still don't have a systemwide plan. "

Without a comprehensive approach, it is left to family members to

notice something mentally wrong with a loved one back from combat,

says Janice Ruoff, a brain injury expert at Washington

University.