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What makes a good brain go bad? And if we can answer that question, how do we fix it? Of all the things that we consider that are important for brain cell function, the activity of the mitochondria is primary. And, what do mitochondria need to function at their best? The answer is not a supplement. It's not other forms of nutrients, it is oxygen. And as it turns out, enhancing, the oxygen availability for mitochondria is a powerful therapeutic tool across a wide variety of neurological issues. Mitochondrial dysfunction is central to things like dementia, autism, stroke, head injury, and even long COVID.

Hyperbaric oxygen is a clearly the most leading edge therapy that targets mitochondrial function and improves blood supply to the brain. This is a technique in which individuals are placed in a chamber, the atmospheric pressure is increased, and they breathe oxygen in varying concentrations through a facemask.

Today we are going to visit the Aviv Clinic in central Florida as I am joined by Amir Hadanny, MD, PhD, Aviv’s Chief Medical Officer and Head of Research. Dr. Hadanny has done and continues to do incredible research using hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an interventional tool to treat a variety of issues, including those mentioned above. The results, that are published in preview journals, are outstanding. Clearly hyperbaric oxygen therapy, when provided with a regimented protocol as we see at the Aviv Clinic, is giving people, a second chance.

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00:00 Intro

00:01:28 The Evolution of Hyperbaric Medicine Research

00:03:00 Clinical Applications: PTSD and Long COVID

00:05:30 Inside the Aviv Clinics Experience

00:09:22 Long COVID Study: Research Design and Findings

00:33:40 Cognitive and Physical Benefits in Healthy Aging

00:37:28 PTSD Breakthrough Study and Government Adoption

00:43:47 Future of Hyperbaric Medicine

00:45:50 Closing Remarks and Future Prospects

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Amir Hadanny, MD, PhD is a neurosurgeon and researcher at Aviv Clinics, specializing in the use of hyperbaric medicine to optimize brain and body performance. He also serves as Chief Medical Officer and Head of Research at Aviv Scientific. Dr. Hadanny completed his MD at Tel Aviv University, his PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology focused on machine learning from Bar Ilan University, and his neurosurgery training at Galilee Medical Center in Israel. He completed a Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery fellowship at Albany Medical Center and a Harvard Research Fellowship in the Brain Modulation Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital. Through his work at Aviv Clinics and Aviv Scientific, Dr. Hadanny has published more than 60 scientific studies on the use of a unique hyperbaric oxygen therapy protocol for neurorehabilitation and recovery in different brain pathologies and its effect on the biology of aging.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15565-0

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38360929/#:~:text=The%20results%20indicate%20HBOT%20can,after%20the%20last%20HBOT%20session.

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