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On periphery, former NFL ballplayers diasnosed with CTE after their untimely deaths: Jovan Belcher, Bubba Smith, Junior Seau, Ken Stabler, Andre Waters, Aaron Hernandez, Demaryius Thomas and Mike Webster. Researchers have found CTE in 345 of 376 former NFL players studied. Center montage of "1000 yard stare" evidence of brain wounds from multiple wars.

Labor Day, 2024 The Cost of Doing Business

September 2, 2024 Robert Beckman 729 Views brain injury, brain wounds, concussion, concussion treatment, CTE, HBOT, hyperbaric chamber, mild tbi, Persistent Post-Concussive Syndrome, polytrauma, Suicide Prevention, suicides, TBI, TBI treatment, TBI Veterans

In the world of athletes and service members, there’s a particularly odious reality: service members and athletes are expendable commodities that have to be replenished or taken off the books to achieve peak performance, to win. On this Labor Day, here’s a FACT CHECK ON TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP of untreated brain wounds. It would be a one-time adjusted cost of $19.7 Billion to treat and help heal all 877,450 TBI Veterans with 80 HBOT treatments.

The NFL could run the VA, and vice versa

August 22, 2024 Robert Beckman 783 Views blast injury, brain injury, brain wounds, burn pits, CTE, HBOT, hyperbaric chamber, MAID, Medical assistance in dying, mild tbi, Persistent Post-Concussive Syndrome, polytrauma, suicides, TBI, TBI treatment, TBI Veterans

It is not hyperbole to draw parallels between the NFL and the VA [and DoD as well] when it comes to willful ignorance about how to both diagnose and treat brain wounds, no matter when suffered. And even they know that the earlier the diagnosis and treatment, the greater the likelihood that suicides, suffering and costs are reduced.

The physical and mental effects on troops exposed to blast overpressure from weapons are getting attention from the Army and Congress. (Photo by U.S. Army, Staff Sgt. Arturo Guzman).

Legislative Update

April 19, 2024 Robert Beckman 875 Views blast injury, brain health, brain injury, HBOT, head trauma, hyperbaric, hyperbaric chamber, Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, TBI definition, TBI Veterans, traumatic brain injury, VA Health, veteran affairs, Veterans

Update on Legislation for HBOT treatments including the proposed Senate amendment to Title 10 and an update Murphy Legislation to Provide Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to Veterans. Read More

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State RESOLUTION for HBOT at National Level

June 14, 2021 Robert Beckman 720 Views HBOT, HBOT Treatment, HBOT4KYVETS, Resolution, State RESOLUTION for HBOT, TBI, TBI Veterans, Veterens

Through our joint efforts, we can make a difference and have our voices heard in Washington that TBI Veterans have earned the right to HBOT treatment. Feel free to use the attached letters to draft your own resolutions or share within your legislative groups.

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