30 | FEBRUARY 25 • 2021 

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. 

POSSIBILITIES from page 29

GOOD NEWS from page 30

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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