Today’s Solutions: April 19, 2024

In 2006 British paratrooper Ben Parkinson was victim of a devastating bomb blast that took both of his legs above the knee, broke his back, and left him brain damaged. The doctors told Parkinson that he would never walk again, but in 2012 he defied the odds, not only walking but carrying the torch in the Olympic relay. Parkinson is now taking part in a pioneering oxygen treatment inside a hyperbolic chamber. The new treatment will repair some of the soft tissue in his legs, and stimulate damaged parts of the brain, which will improve speech, balance, and memory. The treatment works by providing the body with so much oxygen it starts to break down much of the bodies’ fluids. Treatments last about an hour and after just one Parkinson says he notices a difference.

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