An An experiment
to see if alcoholic liver damage can be repaired by treatment in a
hyperbaric chamber - more commonly used for divers with the bends -
starts next month.
The
possibilities surrounding hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), which is
used in Russia to help to speed alcoholic detoxification, come at a
time when Scotland faces increasingly gloomy figures over its
alcohol problem. Yesterday it was revealed that the Scots are the
eighth heaviest drinkers in the world.
Now patients
from Castle Craig Hospital, a private detoxification centre near
Peebles, are to participate in a pilot study run by doctors from the
University of Edinburgh, which will seek to establish whether stem
cells are mobilised by HBOT and if there is a corresponding
improvement in liver function.
Research in
Russia, where hyperbaric chambers have been employed for 15 years to
treat people with alcohol problems, has shown that their use cuts in
half the time needed for alcohol detoxification.
Gabon,
Libreville
Morocco, Rabat
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Downey, California
Guatemala, Guatemala City
Bellevue, Washington
Brazil, Brasilia
Lichtenstein, Vaduz
Ecuador, Quito
Kalba, United Arab Emirates, Kalba, UAE
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