Coming Home Well

Tyler Pieron chats with Dr. Adam Darkins, a physician who spearheaded the Veteran’s Administration’s efforts to begin to use telehealth to help veterans achieve better outcomes, increase the quality of care and provide better access. In the 1990s, Dr. Darkins began developing what is now one of the largest and most effective telehealth programs in the country, with a focus on ensuring patient access and increasing accessibility regardless of geographical location. Since the beginning of the COIVD-19 pandemic, the use of telehealth services for routine care has exploded, but Dr. Darkins shares how the VA has been laying the foundation of ensuring veterans can receive care no matter where they are for decades.

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Tyler Pieron chats with Dr. John Lukens, PhD, who leads a team of researchers at the University of Virginia investigating the cellular and molecular pathways that contribute to neuroinflammation and central nervous system (CNS)-related tissue damage. Dr. Lukens shares with us the latest research about the intersection of the immune system in neurological issues, such as Traumatic Brain Injuries, Alzheimer’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and Autism, among others. He shares groundbreaking research that provide new insights into both the causes and consequences of meningeal lymphatic dysfunction in TBI and suggest that therapeutics targeting the meningeal lymphatic system may offer strategies to treat TBI.

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Tyler Pieron chats with Lynn Lennon, the founder and owner of Richmond Peak Performance, in Richmond, VA. Lynn focuses on neurofeedback and biofeedback and how it can be used by veterans. Neurofeedback is a form of EEG-based biofeedback, which helps to directly train brain function. During neurofeedback training, the brain learns to function more efficiently as the brain observes its own real-time brainwave activity and is then rewarded for changing its own activity to more appropriate and useful patterns. This is a learning process similar to the processes and patterns of general skill learning and sports training.

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Tyler chats with Lt. Col. Sally Maddox, a C5 pilot in the Air Force on her paper Music and Combat Motivation. Sally's takes a dive into the scientific effects of music on military engagement and how it has the ability to boost morale, promote cohesion or potentially push one's ideology. Over history dating as far back as the civil war to present day, music can play a powerful tool in influencing a mood as well as bringing relatability to both sides of the battlefield.

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Tyler introduces a new member of the show, Mr. Alfredo Torres. Alfredo is a Navy veteran who has faced many of the challenges veterans face as they return home from war, including depression, divorce and near homelessness. Today, Alfredo has found a new calling – helping veterans find both employment and a purpose after they leave service. He shares with us his background, his outlook and begins the Coach’s Corner, where Alfredo shares the tips, tricks and insights he sees every day as he helps veterans find new work opportunities.

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We have a guest host this week! Libby Bates interviews Dr. Daniel Perl, a pathologist who studies the effects of Traumatic Brain Injuries on veterans. Dr. Perl was recruited to the faculty of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., as Professor of Pathology. As the director of the congressionally mandated Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, he has established a state-of-the-art neuropathology laboratory dedicated to research on the acute and long-term effects of traumatic brain injury among military personnel.

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Tyler Pieron catches back up with Dr. Lorin Linder and Matt Simmons, the Co-Founders of the Lockwood Animal Rescue Center (lockwoodarc.org)in the California mountains above Los Angeles. Dr. Linder explains how she and Matt started LARC and their methodology of connecting combat veterans with rescue wolves, and how it can heal both. Wee also talk about the first season of “Wolves & Warriors” television show which premiered on Animal Planet in 2018. It highlighted the bond between man and animal, veteran and wolf, as they healed each other through shared trauma. This show brought attention to the work being done at Lockwood Animal Rescue Center in Lockwood, CA - where Matt Simmons and Dr. Lorin Lindner heal wounded veterans and rescued wolves. And how their WolfGuard team also embarks on missions throughout the country to protect wolves from poachers and bring justice to those who abuse and murder animals.

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Tyler chats with Bonnie Carroll, the President and Founder of Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), which provides comfort, care and resources to all those grieving the death of a military loved one. Since 1994, TAPS has provided comfort and hope 24/7 through a national peer support network and connection to grief resources, all at no cost to surviving families and loved ones. Bonnie Carroll is a 2015 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a military veteran, the surviving spouse of the Brigadier General Tom Carroll, a former staffer in the Reagan and Bush White Houses. Ms. Carroll founded TAPS following the death of her husband in an Army C-12 plane crash on Nov. 12, 1992. You can learn more about TAPS at their website: www.taps.org

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Tyler chats with Ray Cralle, a physical therapist who has helped pioneer the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen to treat a number of medical issues. Mr. Cralle shares ongoing research and case studies using Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) to treat Traumatic Brain Injuries and other issues veterans often face. You can learn more about HBOT here www.oxygenrescuecarecentersofamerica.com/.

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Tyler chats with Dr. Doreen Marshall with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (afsp.org), which is the largest private funder of suicide prevention research. Dr. Marshall shares with us the challenges of depression and suicide and provide insights into how to help those suffering. Suicide in the 10th leading cause of death in the United States and on average 22 veterans commit suicide each day.

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