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Department of War, Testosterone, and Warrior Peak Performance "At the Department of War, we have the most elite warriors on the face of the Earth. . . .We must constantly look for new ways to optimize your performance, your resilience and your long-term health. . . . This initiative, it’s not about artificial enhancement. . . . It’s about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities, protecting your longevity, and ensuring you have the biological foundation required to sustain the fight.. . . . We owe our warriors the absolute best medical care in the world. And this program delivers on that obligation. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
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Department of War, Testosterone, and Warrior Peak Performance

Robert Beckman 321 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

The Secretary of War has done a terrific service to America’s Warriors. The new mandatory Pentagon testing of testosterone levels, whatever the medical merits, sets the stage for a long-recommended test now made possible by another medical device. This could lead to a life-altering breakthrough for Veterans and active duty forces hammered by Blasts for decades, and continuing even today.

Alternative therapies like Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy are already proven to support sustained performance, resilience, and long term health for those living and working in demanding environments. DoW and the VA can usefully open themselves to what the Israeli Defense Force already knows. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, along with other alternatives is available to the IDF through the Israeli Ministry of Defense Rehabilitation Department and to Israeli citizens with similar diagnoses. This capability in Israel has led to a service member suicide rate ten times lower than in the U.S. where over 163,000 Veterans have succumbed to suicide since 9/11.

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Domestic Violence, TBI, and the Case for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Three out of four domestic violence survivors who experience physical abuse sustain a brain injury. That injury is almost never screened for, almost never diagnosed, and almost never treated as the physical wound it is — it is absorbed instead into psychiatric labels that describe and palliate its symptoms, all without addressing its cause.
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Domestic Violence, TBI, and the Case for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Robert Beckman 468 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

75–80% of intimate partner violence survivors sustain a brain wound. Up to 1.6 million a year — a number that may rival combat and contact-sports TBI combined. The problem isn’t a mystery: it’s invisibility. HBOT — already backed by 29 peer-reviewed studies — is the treatment nobody’s funding for this population.

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REMEMBERING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICES: U.S. Service Members, 1776-2025

Robert Beckman 763 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

American History has been described as constant war, punctuated by periods of peace. Depending on your count, America has been involved in 85 “wars” since 1776. Practically every year in our 250 year history had American service members in harm’s way, frequently in multiple areas of the world. Whether fighting Indians or Iranians; whether alone or in alliances; whether defending direct American interests, or the sovereignty of the oppressed, American service members have bled and died, doing their duty.

Memorial Day. We remember. An historical event, a looking back, a time of reverie and commitment to do better.

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Testing the Science behind the VAs TBI-PTSD Treatments ALWAYS A RUNNER a 2-year old filly, wins the 152nd Kentucky Oaks race a day ahead of the Derby. The trainer attributed the win to the horse, the vet, and a month of Hyperbaric Oxygen treatment (HBOT) to cure a disqualifying malady.
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Testing the Science behind the VA’s TBI/PTSD Treatments

Robert Beckman 949 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 
Back when Trent Lott was the senior Senator from Mississippi, he said during Congressional hearings on treating veteran brain wounds that “It’s funny in a sad way that I can get HBOT for my race horses but not for Veterans.” SEN Lott retired in 2007 and twenty years later his sentiment is still true, but with a twist. Not only are horses still getting healed with HBOT, but Veterans are probably going to get access under VA coverage to powerful psychedelics and dissociative hallucinogens while Congress continues to punt on using a safe, effective, scientifically validated, and widely available and inexpensive treatment. But we expect “more research” from a VA that claims on its web page: “We are the world’s leading research and educational center of excellence on PTSD and traumatic stress.” Notice they don’t say “We excel in clinical care” or “We cure what ails them and give them their lives back.” No, their measure of excellence is research and education. Perhaps in terms of amount of money spent, but in no way sufficient for the needs of the Veteran. Read More
Nebraska Resolution Supports Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
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Nebraska Resolution Supports Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Robert Beckman 1085 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA, SECOND SESSION: That theRead more

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TBI Awareness Month To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. . . Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1
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Spine, Not Spin, Mr. Secretary

Robert Beckman 856 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

March is TBI Awareness Month, as the White House has reminded us. The Sea of Troubles at the VA and DoD is the suicide epidemic, their continuing #1 medical priority. It is also Academy Awards month. Up for Best Picture is HAMNET, named for William Shakespeare’s son, and the background to his revenge tragedy, Hamlet.

Hamlet’s reflections on Yorick’s skull is focused on death and revenge. The “Sea of Troubles” for Hamlet was bringing justice to his father’s murderer. For us and the families of the 159,000+ suicides, justice demands accountability for the Suicide Epidemic, and the memories of service members who died before their time.

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Dear VA Secretary Collins

Robert Beckman 1475 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

We are appealing to you to change the culture at the VA from one of “brain wounds are a mental health issue” to one of: “brain wounds like TBI/PTSD/PCS/BLAST/Concussion must be treated like a wound and healed using modern, proven, scientifically validated alternative therapies.” Brain wounds — TBI/PTSD/PCS/BLAST/Concussion — are wounds. They can be treated. The world outside the VA is treating them with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), doing the job your VA cannot and will not do.

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[Ellie Souter (snowboarder, 2018); Frank Wycheck (NFL, 2025); Demaryius Thomas (NFL, 2021); Mike Webster (NFL, 2002); Kelly Caitlin (Olympic cycling, 2019); Chris Simon (NHL, 2024); Phillip Adams (NFL, 2021); Mike Day (SEAL, 2023); WWII 1000 yard TBI stare; Ryan Larkin (SEAL, 2017); Heather Anderson (AFLW, 2023); John Mackey, NFL, 2011] Failing to treat brain wounds can lead to degraded lives, escalating healthcare costs, depression, and suicide. Images of successes and the history of servicemember suicides and effects of negligence can be found here. Those above are mostly dead from suicide, diagnosed after death with CTE.
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Thank You for Your Sacrifice

Robert Beckman 1170 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

What do the pictures have in common? The faces of brain injured Warriors and athletes who sacrificed, not just served. And too many dead with undiagnosed brain wounds.

We’re twenty-four years out since 9/11. On the order of fifteen thousand Americans — roughly seven thousand U.S. service members and about eight thousand U.S. military contractors — have been killed in the post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and related theaters, according to the best available research. Ten times that number are dead from suicide over the same period, and 877,000+ Veterans and millions of citizens suffer with untreated brain wounds.

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The VA is Radioactive for Too Many Veterans
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The VA is Radioactive for Too Many Veterans

Robert Beckman 1425 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

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

Robert Beckman 1368 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

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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