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How a diving chamber heals damage left by prostate cancer treatment

May 2013

When Andrew Delf was told treatment for his prostate cancer had been successful, he felt an overwhelming sense of relief.

The 47-year-old hospital porter had been diagnosed with the disease in 2010 and had undergone radiotherapy to treat an aggressive tumour.

However, six months after the radiotherapy he had heavy rectal bleeding. His cancer specialist explained this was due to the radiotherapy having damaged blood vessels in his bowel.

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An oxygen chamber ended this woman’s agony

March 2012 An oxygen chamber ended this woman's agony after simple operation to fix a knee-tendon injury triggered the nerve condition reflex sympathetic dystrophy: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2116396/An-oxygen-chamber-ended-womans-agony--NHS-hellbent-axing-them.html

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Brain-injured children may benefit from treatment in an oxygen chamber

October 2011

Twice a week 16-year-old Doran Scotson is sealed into a tank resembling a small submarine. This is then pumped full of air until it reaches nearly twice the normal atmospheric pressure. Inside the tank, Doran dons a mask and breathes pure oxygen for up to an hour at a time. According to Doran’s mother, Linda, this bizarre ritual is doing for him something most doctors say is impossible: reversing severe congenital brain injury. 

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