578: The cutting edge treatment for brain health, trauma, and long COVID | Shai Efrati, M.D.

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🗓️ 2 February 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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“The brain is the most important organ that we have in our body,” explains Shai Efrati, M.D. Efrati, M.D., Founder and Director of the world-leading Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research, joins us to dive deep into the science behind hyperbaric medicine, the incredible benefits, plus: - What is hyperbaric therapy (~2:55) - How does hyperbaric therapy work (~3:28) - Brain benefits & neurogenesis (~9:40) - Who benefits from this therapy (~11:20) - How does this affect cognitive decline (~13:55) - The details of hyperoxic hypoxic paradox (~17:15) - Credibility & costs (~20:00) - His clinic (~23:40) - Long COVID (~24:35) - Seeking treatment for long COVID (~36:30) - Brain injury and head trauma (~39:25) - Treating athletes (~45:45) - The future of hyperbaric therapy (~48:00) Referenced in the episode: - Learn more about Efrati (https://aviv-clinics.com/about/shai-efrati/) - Read his book, Beyond Normal (https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Normal-Enhanced-Medicine-Performance/dp/B0D481HP15) - Check out Aviv Clinics (https://aviv-clinics.com/) We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:33.5	What if the brain had the power to heal itself, long after injury, illness, or even the natural
1:40.1	effects of aging? Today's guest, Dr. Shai Afradi, is here to explain how that might be possible.
1:46.3	Dr. Afradi is the founder and director of the Sagan Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research
1:51.5	at Shamir Medical Center, one of the world's leading institutions in hyperbaric medicine.
1:56.5	He's also a professor at Tel Aviv University and a global pioneer in using hyperbaric oxygen
2:01.7	therapy to unlock the body's natural ability to repair and regenerate. His groundbreaking research
2:07.8	has shown the brain is far more adaptable than we once thought, capable of generating new neurons
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