Free Republic

The fountain of youth may be made of air, not water. Scientists say they’ve successfully reversed the aging process of elderly people through “oxygen therapy” in a first-of-its-kind study. Researchers from Tel Aviv University used hyperbaric oxygen chambers to target specific cells and DNA linked to shorter lifespans — and found the “Holy Grail” of staying young, according to a press release about the discovery. During the study, researchers investigated whether the therapy — which involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized environment — could reverse the effects of aging in 35 people over age 64, according to the study,...

Aging, the slow decline of function over time, is considered to be an inevitable fact of the human condition. As cells divide and reproduce in our bodies, they gradually deteriorate, and our mental and physical health declines as a result. But there may be a way to not only delay that cellular degeneration, but reverse it, according to a study published November 18 in the Journal of Aging. This could potentially one day help prevent age-related illnesses like cancer, diabetes, and dementia. The study found that a special oxygen treatment appeared to improve two key markers of biological aging. Following...

A doctor in Cleveland used high-pressure chambers that resembled Pullman train cars to treat a host of diseases with oxygen therapy in the early 1900s, claiming miraculous results. Al Wilson's version of the apparatus almost 90 years later operates out of a trailer parked outside a hotel in Somerset County. Twirling control knobs for pressurization of a steel tank similar to a large, tubular diving bell, Wilson has for the past five weeks treated patients, mostly children with brain disorders, to a breath of fresh oxygen that improves the symptoms of their conditions -- at least in the eyes of...