hyperbaric chamber

(Newser) - A physical therapist in Arizona died Wednesday night after a flash fire erupted inside the hyperbaric oxygen chamber he was using at his own clinic. Authorities say Dr. Walter Foxcroft, 43, was found dead in the chamber at Havasu Health and Hyperbarics, a medical facility he opened last year...

(Newser) - Four people linked to the Michigan alternative medicine center where a 5-year-old boy was killed in a hyperbaric chamber explosion have been arrested in connection to the tragedy, NBC News reports. Oxford Center founder and CEO Tamela Peterson and directors Gary Marken or Jeffrey Mosteller were charged with second-degree murder....

(Newser) - A pressurized oxygen chamber exploded at a suburban Detroit medical facility, killing a 5-year-old patient and injuring his mother. The explosion occurred Friday morning at the Oxford Center in Troy, north of Detroit, per the AP . The child, from Royal Oak, Michigan, had been inside the machine and was pronounced...

(Newser) - Laurie Anderson, musician, performance artist, and widow of rocker Lou Reed , went into a hyperbaric chamber in Chelsea's Pure Flow spa last week ... and couldn't get out. The 67-year-old texted a friend when the chamber's zipper got stuck and she started experiencing shortness of breath, and that...