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Veterans Brain Wound Awakening: Part 2

Over 66,000 Veteran Service Organizations have sprung up since 9/11. No one can doubt the overwhelming resilience of most Veterans and the goodwill shown by foundations and volunteers, and billions of dollars of donated monies spent to restore normalcy to Veterans injured in war. No doubt the intentions of investigators on the DOD Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee meant well with their Report that encouraged “caring contacts” but said not a word about healing brain wounds. The entire tenor of the Report ignores any discussion about the physiological underpinnings of suicidal ideation. Suicide continues to be viewed as a problem fixable by more human contact, mental health programs, and psychiatric and drug interventions, not as a physiological condition brought about in any way by an untreated brain wound.

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THE HYPERBARIC INSTITUTE RELEASES FILM: VA DENIES HBOT FOR TBI & PTSD AS 22 VETERANS DIE DAILY

he Hyperbaric Institute announces an award-winning documentary screening at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Twenty-two veterans die by suicide every day from traumatic brain injury and PTSD.

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Harrisburg-based Aurelius Program aims to help veterans with brain injuries

Dennis Owens ABC 27   Article link :: HERE ::   (WHTM) — A program to help veterans with brainRead more

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Weaponization of Science: Winning the War for Truth

Publishers are not acting in good-faith and in a transparent and fair fashion to the researchers that have done the yeoman’s work to inform the public. There is certain information that is viewed as too outside the Overton Window, to be allowed out in the open. Too bad this is science and not politics – with politics you would expect this level of underhanded, power-seeking behavior. With science, this is never acceptable.

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The Brain Wound Awakening: Part I

We intend to explore realistic paths forward that can make the VA and DOD real heroes to the Veterans so in need of help for their brain wounds. The Awakening has to happen on both sides, those that resist, and those that need to understand that resistance. We need to find ways to sit with decision makers to construct the roadmap to success.

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In Memoriam: Dr. Carol Henricks

Dr. Carol Henricks, a premier neurorehabilitation and Hyperbaric Oxygenation specialist, passed away on October 1, 2025 in a way that makes her friends smile. She flew in to Anchorage to address the Alaska Emergency Suicide Prevention Summit, sponsored by Alaska Rising, helping to nurture Veterans and other brain-wounded back to health. Typical Carol, giving until the end.

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Traumatic Brain Injury and Veteran Suicidal Thoughts

TBI appears to compound suicide risk in veterans: those who experience TBI are 1.5 times more likely to die by suicide than veterans without TBI . . . . This is particularly concerning given the prevalence of TBI in post-9/11 veterans

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The VA is Radioactive for Too Many Veterans

Here is the crux of why so many Veterans consider the VA toxic and “radioactive.” They stay away or abandon the VA because the culture and practice of the VA — medicine in general — is to treat brain wounds like they do mental health symptoms. No brain wound healing is possible in the current system. Pills and talk therapy rule.

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Veterans on Labor Day: Pray, but Move Your Feet

Coaches routinely tell players: “Move your feet.” The VA and Politicians are fond of sending “Thoughts and Prayers” to wounded Veterans. It’s a good time for Veterans to pray, but don’t just stand there. Take charge. Don’t take useless advice. You can heal, but you have to Move Your Feet.

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Helping the VA do the Right Things, Starting with Suicide Prevention

Inform Veterans about alternatives to pharmaceuticals; alternative, non-invasive, proven therapies like Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) that actually heal brain wounds instead of the “mental health” approach: masking and palliating symptoms forever. . . . or until the Veteran disappears or succumbs to suicide.

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