Vietnam Combat Veteran Brian Delate Goes Back to Move Forward
The post that follows comes from my dear friend Brian Delate who I first met in 1996. We were at a party at my daughter’s house, as Brian’s late wife Karen and my daughter were in graduate school together. I was immediately taken with both Brian and Karen, it was ...
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Give Veterans a Chance with Ben Richards
As sound-bite politicians and Department of Veterans Affairs ("the VA") administrators (past and present) slug it out over the future direction of the VA, Maj. Ben Richards has put together a comprehensive 8-week program to treat 10 fellow Veteran warriors who suffer from PTSD and TBI. The program is ...
The VA and Shulkin: “It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Serve Your Country”
Dr. David Shulkin has been pushed aside (read fired) as the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs ("the VA"). Without taking sides in what appears to be yet another partisan issue, Dr. Shulkin did a reasonably good job in bailing water in a sinking ship: the VA. As such, ...
Equine Therapy for Veterans with PTSD and TBI
There is considerable anecdotal evidence that supervised exposure of Veterans with PTSD and TBI to horses helps restore a sense of well-being. Nevertheless, an adequate number of controlled clinical experiments are lacking to determine whether equine therapy has any lasting benefits for Veterans suffering from brain injury. As reported earlier, Dr ...
What Veterans with PTSD Should Know About Alternative Drugs
Most every day there is a provocative news report suggesting that some "miracle drug" may help treat Veterans with PtSD and TBI. If it is not a new drug, cannabis or ecstacy are often cited as "new" drugs that can help Veterans cope with the debilitating symptoms of PTSD. While ...
Alternative Treatment Options for Veterans with PTSD and TBI
In an era of medical breakthroughs and diverse treatment options, it is most disappointing that the Department of Veterans Affairs ("the VA") has so few treatment options for Veterans suffering from PTSD and TBI. More to the point, the VA has gone out its way to suggest that non-VA approved ...
FAQ on Service Dogs for Veterans
For some inexplicable reason, the Department of Veterans Affairs ("the VA") has a "thing" about service dogs. Despite an overwhelming amount of evidence that service or companion dogs help Veterans, the VA insists on studying this issue still further. SFTT wishes the VA had taken the same level of precaution ...
Leaving No Warriors Behind
We’ve got great news! We recently kicked off TREATMENT OF TEN, a very important fundraising campaign hosted by YouCaring, which helps treat Combat War Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and/or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I know that my late husband David “Hack” Hackworth would be very proud of ...
Purdue Pharma Reigns In the Opioid Peddlers
In typical cavalier fashion, drug giant Purdue Pharma has decided to curtail the sale of OxyContin that has brought misery and death to tens of thousands addicted to opioids. Why it has taken so long for this scandal to end - particularly to families who have lost loved ones - ...
SFTT on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy or HBOT
Of all the current “alternative” therapies reviewed by Stand For The Troops (“SFTT”), hyperbaric oxygen therapy or HBOT is clearly supported by evidence-based clinical trials and an abundance of evidence (both scientific and anecdotal) that it help reverse brain trauma. What is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (“HBOT”)? Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) ...
News for Veterans with PTSD or TBI: Week Ending 2 Feb 2018
The Department of Veteran Affairs (the "VA") struggles to provide effective therapy for Veterans with PTSD and TBI. As such, SFTT has will now focus its attention on providing Veterans and their families cope with information on promising new alternative therapies to help brave warriors cope with brain injury. The ...
Happy 2018!
Is it too late to wish you all a happy new year? We think not! Here at SFTT we’ve been busy wrapping up our 2017 initiatives and planning for an even better 2018 with new programs and partners to help Veterans suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post Traumatic Stress ...
