Oxygen chamber therapy may ease fibromyalgia, study suggests
(HealthDay)—The majority of women with fibromyalgia who underwent hyperbaric oxygen therapy—best known for treating “the bends” in scuba divers—experienced relief from pain and other symptoms, a small study found. Brain scans of the patients showed that two months of hyperbaric oxygen therapy may have also repaired abnormal brain activity in pain-related areas of the brain, the researchers said. “Seventy percent of the patients could not be categorized as suffering from fibromyalgia at the end of…