Preventing Concussions: Can Help be on the Horizon?

Concussions and preventing concussions continues to be a hot topic in the media, particularly when parents decide whether to allow their kids to play contact sports.

Treating PTSD and TBI also receives its share of attention, but most of the media coverage seems to be focused on coping with the symptoms of brain injury rather than offer any meaningful long-term solution for Veterans with these conditions.

Far less attention is devoted to preventing concussions in the first place.  Perhaps, we should be ...

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Dr. Orange and Coverups at the DoD and VA

SFTT reports frequently on the massive coverups, dishonesty and hypocrisy within the DoD and VA which continue to erode the confidence of the many thousands of men and women who have served our country so valiantly.

As we have stated on numerous occasions, SFTT takes no pleasure at all in doing so, but there appears to be no end to the deceit.  It is not all black and white – there is much good and healthy within the DoD and VA ...

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The Fragility of the VA

I just started reading Antifragile:  Things That Gain With Disorder by Nassim Taleb.   For those who may not be familiar with Mr. Taleb, he is Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University’s Polytechnic Institute and the author of the highly acclaimed The Black Swan.

Now it may seem a bit incongruous to examine the Department of Veteran Affairs (the “VA”) through the eyes of Nassim Taleb, but there are a number of clear signs that the VA is a BIG ...

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