Category Archives: stroke

Robots are transforming medicine.  You can find them now in the operating room, the cardiac cath lab and the radiation oncology department.  So, when I came across a robot study used for stroke rehabilitation from the recent American Stroke Association … Continue reading →

Every patient at Atlanta Hyperbaric gets his blood pressure taken. Measuring a patient’s blood pressure has become a ritual part of the medical examination since the early twentieth century and it didn’t take long to discover an association between high … Continue reading →

Recovery from stroke is a major effort of Atlanta Hyperbaric.  Hyperbaric oxygen resupplies blood flow to the stroke penumbra, which leads to direct recovery of functional brain tissue, among other things.  Rehabilitation from stroke generally depends upon brain plasticity, or … Continue reading →

San Antonio hosted the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference this week. I didn’t attend but my colleagues at Medpagetoday came through again, with extensive coverage, including video. The conference reported hundreds of studies on stroke, but not one involved … Continue reading →

Atlanta Hyperbaric treats stroke patients and we always look carefully at new stroke research for ways to help our patients.  From time to time reports come out that raise important practical questions and today I want to discuss two of … Continue reading →

Losing weight is really easy–just look at all those authors who’ve gone broke writing  diet books.  Wait a minute; I got that twisted around.  Losing weight is tough and quite a few folks have become celebrities through their diet books.  … Continue reading →

Atlanta Hyperbaric sits right in the middle of the stroke belt.  I’ve mentioned before that stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States.  About half a million people have strokes every year and about 150,000 die … Continue reading →

I’ve been treating stroke, cerebral palsy and  other patients with neurological problems at Atlanta Hyperbaric & Wound Care Clinic, LLC since the mid-1990′s.  I’ve seen so many good results with hyperbaric oxygen treatment of neurologic injury patients it always anguishes … Continue reading →

Hyperbaric oxygen should be used far more often in stroke survivors than it is. Hyperbaric oxygen is safe-the patient is only exposed to oxygen for crying out loud!  Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for stroke may not reach the level of proof … Continue reading →

Atlanta Hyperbaric treats stroke patients regularly.  So, when I come across interesting new information about strokes, I’ll pass it along. Herpes zoster, or shingles, is a familiar disease that mostly occurs in the elderly, but not always.  In fact, I’ve … Continue reading →