A Massachusetts patient with COVID-19 and pneumonia responded positively to a laser therapy meant to promote healing, according to a case study published in the American Journal of Case Reports. The article details a COVID-19 case involving a 57-year-old man admitted to the intensive care unit for respiratory distress. The man had daily, 28-minute sessions of photobiomodulation therapy […]

A proprietary formulation of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) called RLF-100 (a.k.a. aviptadil) might have helped critically ill COVID-19 patients, although initial results touted by the product’s developers in a press release remain to be confirmed in well-designed trials. If the product does succeed, it would complete a 50-year effort to bring VIP into the clinic as a […]

There is a promising treatment for seriously ill COVID-19 patients and you can’t see it or feel it. It’s cold laser therapy. Dr. Scott Sigman uses it as an alternative pain relief option for patients at his Chelmsford office. It works by reducing inflammation. While the research is evolving, it’s clear inflammation and a protein […]