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

Robert Beckman 300 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 573 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
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Dear VA Secretary Collins

Robert Beckman 1055 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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MEMORIAL DAY 2025

Robert Beckman 1625 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 
Memorial Day is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country. What can aid more to assure this result than by cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead who made their breasts [and their brains] a barricade between our country and its foes? Read More
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Rx Drugs and Suicidal Ideation

Robert Beckman 1588 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

Veterans with brain wounds will talk about how much relief they get from Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, particularly the ability to get off the drugs that seemingly made them worse, not better. This applies directly to the anti-depression drugs prescribed throughout the VA. But there are unintended consequences of the prescribing behavior in the VA that go unreported, even to the Veterans.

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VA: Be Broken, or be Broken Open

Robert Beckman 1834 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 
When the U.S. Veterans Affairs medical complex in Aurora, the “calamity,” finally opened in July 2018, a decade behind schedule and more than $1 billion over its initial budget, it was already the most expensive VA hospital in the country. Three years later, costs to get the 11-building, 1.2 million-square-foot, 31-acre medical campus operating pushed the total tab to more than $2 billion. Read More
Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy for Diabetic Foot Ulcer
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VETERANS’ DAY, 2024: A Day of Remembrance for Veterans Denied Medical Treatments Part 1

Robert Beckman 1827 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

According to a 2022 report to US Congress with data provided by Dr. Steven Lieberman, VHA Under Secretary of Health, more than 796,340 Veterans have died from Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU) Lower Limb Amputations (LLA) since 2001. Approximately 93% of these Veterans were denied access to HBOT or not provided medically required ‘Informed Consent” about Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. This is a National Tragedy which is preventable, but Veterans are largely and routinely denied access to FDA, CMS and Tricare-approved HBOT treatments, resulting in their premature DFU/LLA deaths.

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Veteran Organizations Have to Step UP to End the Suicide Epidemic
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Veteran Organizations Have to Step UP to End the Suicide Epidemic

Robert Beckman 1803 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

If you want to help end suicides, you have to help heal Brain Wounds so that Service Members have a chance at a lifetime of health, not a moment of relaxation from pain and suffering. Now get out there and refer the brain wounded to us and lobby those VSOs and your state legislatures to join in the functional medicine approach to helping restore health and Quality of Life to the wounded and their families. Get the VSOs to fund and lobby hard at the state and federal levels to actually help heal brain wounds.

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EndDependence Day 2024

Robert Beckman 1829 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

It’s happening again. We can all be thankful on Independence Day, but a special group of people suffer a dependency that locks them into a constraining future. Veterans suffering brain wounds, and anyone with an untreated brain injury/Concussion/TBI/PTSD knows the confines of polytrauma, sometimes years after the injury.

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CALL FOR ACTION: Seeking to interview Citizens or Veterans with Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs) which may have led to amputations

Robert Beckman 1896 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

The US Veteran’s Administration, and too many hospitals, continue to mismanage the clinical evaluation and timely care of the estimated 2.2 million diabetic Veteran population at risk for Diabetic Foot Ulcer limb amputation. This failure on the part of the VHA has resulted in substantially higher Lifetime costs, morbidity, mortality and a tragic reduction in Veteran length and quality of life that is well below that of the Medicare civilian population statistical comparators as reflected in this report.

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