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Terms and Conditions of Use

The baromedicalresearch.org website (the "Site") is wholly owned and produced by the Baromedical Research Foundation.

The contents of the BRF Site, such as text, graphics, images, information and other material contained on the BRF Site ("Content") are intended to be general summary information to the public for informational purposes only. The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Furthermore, the Baromedical Research Foundation states that:

• We do not keep a database of people who send email to us, and we do not pass these details to other people.
• We make no effort to identify public users of our site. No identifying data is disclosed to anyone else for any purpose.
• We do not solicit medical information from any of our public users.
• We do not accept or host any third-party advertisements on the BRF website.

The mission of the Baromedical Research Foundation is the scientific advancement of hyperbaric medicine.

The information provided on www.baromedicalresearch.org is designed to support, not replace, any relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her health care professional(s).

This website’s intended audience consists of those healthcare professionals who practice hyperbaric medicine and those with an interest in its scientific advancement. It is further hoped that the Foundation may attract institutional participation in our clinical trials consortia.

All medical information on this website has been compiled and / or generated by the website editor, Mr. Dick Clarke, CHT (Certified Hyperbaric Technician).

Dick formed the Baromedical Research Foundation in 1988 with the goal of enhancing the credibility of the hyperbaric medicine discipline through better scientific validation of its purported benefits. He has served as the Foundation’s director since its beginnings.

Dick has a 40 year career in undersea and hyperbaric medicine. He has served as a diver, research subject, administrator, educator and clinical scientist. His research has been published over the past 30 years and his contributions to the field have been recognized on four separate occasions with the highest awards bestowed by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, the discipline’s leading international scientific body.

His clinical research culminated in the publication of the first ever randomized and controlled clinical trial with cross over and long term follow-up involving a hyperbaric treatment indication in the 100 years of its application.
(Clarke RE et al., Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment of Chronic Refractory Radiation Proctitis: A Randomized and Controlled Double-blind Crossover Trial with Long-term Follow up, Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 72, No. 1, pp. 134–143, 2008.)

Contacting the Website Editor

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, please contact:

Dick Clarke, Director
The Baromedical Research Foundation
Five Richland Medical Park
Columbia, SC 29203
dick.clarke@palmettohealth.org

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