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Re:Hyperbaric oxygen therapy reverses hallmarks of Alzheimer... by kragen on Monday September 13, 2021 @04:26AM (#28509047)
What's "ATA"? The scammy-looking commercial page you linked doesn't mention it.
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Re:Hyperbaric oxygen therapy reverses hallmarks of Alzheimer... by _Microft on Monday September 13, 2021 @04:29AM (#28509061)
I found something. "ata" seems to mean "atmosphere absolute" and describes the total pressure:

"The ata unit is used in place of atm to indicate the total pressure of the system, compared to a vacuum. For example, underwater pressure of 3 ata would mean that this pressure includes 1 atm of air pressure and thus 2 atm due to the water.", from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_atmosphere_(unit)#Pre...

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Re:Hyperbaric oxygen therapy reverses hallmarks of Alzheimer... by taf2 on Monday September 13, 2021 @06:48AM (#28509841)
Makes me think of the air commercial from Lorax- https://youtu.be/NWZUp2KF5ls
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Re:Hyperbaric oxygen therapy reverses hallmarks of Alzheimer... by elithrar on Monday September 13, 2021 @07:47AM (#28510266)
Correct. More specifically, you breathe a denser oxygen mix (2 atmospheres of density).
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