Watching along with millions of the 190 million Twitter users breathed some life into tonight's ho-hum Grammys telecast, and produced some funny and not-so-funny #hyperbaric tweets. Astounding how many people thought Lady Gaga's egg looked like a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. We're not seeing it. Anyway, top prize goes to this entry by the Village Voice.
O2.0 is the news blog of HyperbaricLink, the independent web guide to hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
We submit the curious case of the Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) to one curious questioner on Yahoo! Answers.
Question: Can Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy make us age slower? Some people say it could. Others say there is no evidence for such. Anyone know of any realistic studies done?
Answer: Oh you'll never find a realistic study on anti-aging with hyperbaric oxygen, or with any other therapy. So let's go totally surreal. One Hundred Years of Solitude surreal.
Last month a group from LSU in New Orleans shared the results of a butterfly experiment. Yes, butterflies. What a great idea, huh? Lifespans in hyperbaric oxygen were pretty much normal for the caterpillar and chrysalis stages but quite longer than normal for the imago: 19.4 days with HBO versus 14 days average in nature.
This particular group of winged insects lived 38.5% longer in a hyperbaric oxygen habitat. Fascinating.
You and I can probably count on better results with a healthy diet, regular exercise, and plenty of sleep. ____________ Source(s): Gomez JE, et al, Louisiana State Univ Sch of Med. Controlled habitat for butterflies suitable for hyperbaric conditions research. Poster: Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society, Annual Scientific Meeting. June 2010.
In his pre-Masters press conference the golf great, by way of denying any illegal use of performance-enhancing drugs, says hyperbaric oxygen "helps you heal faster." Okay. Apparently it helped Tiger rehab from knee surgery and an achilles tear in 2008-2009. And he's certainly not alone. We've been following a long line of top athletes, from Australian cricketers to Superbowl stars to mixed martial artists, who swear by HBOT for speedier recovery. More soon.
But we're of a mind that HBOT is also a performance-enhancing therapy, akin to blood doping and this plasma-spinning thing Tiger's into. Even horse racing officials ban animals from competition for days or weeks following hyperbaric treatments. (Read our horse stories HERE.) We're especially fascinated by the rise of portable/personal hyperbarics for rehabilitation, performance, superhealth, fitness, anti-aging, wellness, and a host of other lifestyle applications.
Look for related blogposts and conditions pages as we dig and collect new HyperbaricLinks on this subject.
Undeterred by her unflattering Newsweek cover story and macabre photos of Michael Jackson napping hyperbarically, Oprah today reran her segment on "High-Tech Ways to Extend Your Life." See our March 5 post. This time around we duly noted Dr Oz's final phrase on HBOT's anti-aging power: "Or that's our hope, anyway."
Mind if O2.0 starts a harmless urban legend? We're pretty sure the whole sleeping in a hyperbaric thing was a publicity stunt for Captain EO. Michael and producer George Lucas wanted to cultivate a science fiction persona and missed the mark by a light year or two. Very sorry we can't post the clip in the original 3D. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, no less. Now THAT is funny.
One of our Twitter followers just asked if it's too soon for jokes about hyperbaric chambers. Too late. Millions already posted, and Michael Jackson has been the talk of the UHMS conference all day, too. Is it just plain Bad or merely Human Nature that people can't help mocking celebrity or thumbing their noses at death?
O2.0 would rather suffer a metric ton of chatroom zingers than abide some of the drivel circulating today in the underground baromedical community. This is the first and last time, for example, we'll ever link to the so-called HBOT Truth blog.
Let's face it. Michael Jackson is all most people know about HBOT. We're totally okay with that. We wish them all long and happy lives. And we're right here when anyone wants the real HBOT truth, without any hidden identities or agendas. Till then we'll retweet any jokes that strike the right balance of irreverence and schadenfreude. Haven't found any yet.
Dr. Mehmet Oz counts hyperbaric oxygen therapy among his "High-Tech Ways To Extend Your Life." On the show he tries HBOT himself and gives Oprah a quick primer in the studio.
Watching along with millions of the 190 million Twitter users breathed some life into tonight's ho-hum Grammys telecast, and produced some funny and not-so-funny #hyperbaric tweets. Astounding how many people thought Lady Gaga's egg looked like a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. We're not seeing it. Anyway, top prize goes to this entry by the Village Voice.
We submit the curious case of the Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) to one curious questioner on Yahoo! Answers.
Undeterred by her unflattering Newsweek cover story and macabre photos of Michael Jackson napping hyperbarically, Oprah today reran her segment on "High-Tech Ways to Extend Your Life." See our March 5 post. This time around we duly noted Dr Oz's final phrase on HBOT's anti-aging power: "Or that's our hope, anyway."
One of our Twitter followers just asked if it's too soon for jokes about hyperbaric chambers. Too late. Millions already posted, and Michael Jackson has been the talk of the UHMS conference all day, too. Is it just plain Bad or merely Human Nature that people can't help mocking celebrity or thumbing their noses at death?
Dr. Mehmet Oz counts hyperbaric oxygen therapy among his "High-Tech Ways To Extend Your Life." On the show he tries HBOT himself and gives Oprah a quick primer in the studio.