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by Allen BestPage 7 of 7
A person undergoing treatment spends a prescribed length of time lying in the cylindrical, body-length chamber where pure oxygen is administered.
Michael Jackson is among the users of hyperbaric oxygen chambers, believing that an hour a day keeps advanced aging at bay.
Telluride-based Peter Hackett, one of the nation’s leading high-altitude physicians, tells Mountain Town News that he is open minded about the potential uses of hyperbaric oxygen chambers, but notes that research has not yet documented all the claims.
“Hyperbaric oxygen has established a place for treatment of a few specified conditions. It is, however, being use for an expanded list of conditions by alternative practitioners. Whether it is truly useful for such things as anti-aging has yet to be validated.
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