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form of heat — to reduce the
size of the tumor. “There are no
incisions, and the ultrasound
defines the safety zone where
the heat will be used,
” Benjamin
explains. General anesthetic is
not required. Without abdomi-
nal incisions, potential compli-
cations are reduced.
‘AN IMPROVEMENT’
Julie McCarthy, 53, of Brighton,
had pain
from fibroids but didn’t want
a hysterectomy. In November,
she had the Sonata procedure
at DMC Huron Valley-Sinai
Hospital with positive results.
After the outpatient proce-
dure, she was sleepy and had
some temporary cramping
and bleeding. Immediately,
McCarthy felt less pressure,
especially on her bladder. “I
don’t have that heaviness, pres-
sure or pain on one side. There
is less bloating, distension and
tenderness. I definitely see an
improvement in the quality of
my life.
”
Jamie King, 36, was the sec-
ond Sonata patient at Huron
Valley-Sinai. “It was extremely
easy with no pain, some bleed-
ing and a little pressure,
” she
said. “I don’t have the same
pain. It feels like it’s gone. I
didn’t need any recovery time.
”
“There is a high success rate.
Ninety percent of patients have
positive results,
” said Benjamin.
Currently, Huron Valley-Sinai
Hospital is the only hospital
within the Detroit Medical
Center offering the procedure
and the first in Michigan.
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and adults at Brighton and
Troy locations. One patient,
folksinger Ron Coden, 78, of
Huntington Woods, began
HBOT five times a week after a
serious stroke in January 2020,
according to his daughter Casey
Coden Diskin, M.A., Oxford’s
executive director of ARTS
Autism Services.
“He wasn’t talking at all and
his left side was numb,
” she said.
“He started hyperbaric, and
it did amazing things for his
speech and neurological issues.
“He is able to hold a
conversation and sing.
”
Recent research indicates the
therapy may help slow down
the aging process, as measured
by the shortening of telomeres,
DNA protein structure at the
end of each chromosome.
A small portion of telomere
DNA is lost through normal
cell division and over time,
telomeres become shorter and
cells lose their ability to divide,
resulting in aging.
ISRAELI STUDY
A team of physicians at Tel Aviv
University conducted a study of
63 healthy individuals ages 64
and older. About half the group
received 60 hyperbaric ses-
sions over 90 days but did not
change their diet, medication
or lifestyle. Participants’ blood
samples were compared with a
control group who did not have
HBOT. Results showed that
those who had HBOT had less
telomere shortening.
“Until now, interventions such
as lifestyle modifications and
intense exercise were shown to
have some inhibition effect on
the expected telomere length
shortening,
” explained lead
researcher Dr. Amir Hadanny.
“In just three months of HBOT,
we were able to achieve such
significant telomere elongation
— at rates far beyond any cur-
rent available interventions or
lifestyle modifications.
”
The Israeli study was pub-
lished last year after peer review
in the journal Aging.
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