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How blast waves may be connected to veteran suicide

November 11, 2023 by

In this special Veterans Day episode, Guest Host Adam Clayton Powell III speaks Frank Larkin, chairman of Warrior Call, and Dr. Brian Edlow, a Harvard University professor and associate director of the Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery at the Massachusetts General Hospital about the emerging science connecting veteran suicide with blast waves that they experience during training and operations.

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9/11 — The Tragedy That Didn’t Have To Happen

9/11 — The Tragedy That Didn’t Have To Happen

Llewellyn King

There is a terrible truth about 9/11: It didn’t have to happen. Something as simple as a hardware store lock could have deterred the perpetrators. The arguments against hardening cockpits were numerous, and now seem unconvincing to the point of being risible. They included: It would cost too much; the public had to see the […]

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Medicare for All Is the Wrong Fix for the Healthcare Crisis

Llewellyn King

As Charles Dickens might have said, “It is the best of times in medicine, it is the worst of times in healthcare.” It is a time of great medical discovery with artificial intelligence, it is a time of the poorest outcomes for the sick. One of America’s most distinguished pediatric cardiologists says the nation is in […]

My Maiden Flight Without a Necktie

My Maiden Flight Without a Necktie

Llewellyn King

Friday, Aug. 14, was a seminal day for me. For the first time in my long life, I boarded a flight without a necktie. In seven decades of flying, I have never done that. Truth is, I felt underdressed on the flight from Providence, R.I., to Jacksonville, Fla., as if I were wearing my pajamas […]

Brain Injuries From Blasts Driving Young Vets to Suicide

Brain Injuries From Blasts Driving Young Vets to Suicide

Llewellyn King

We all get a warm glow when we hear the airline gate agent inviting active-duty service members to board early. What isn’t said, isn’t known, is that some of those young men and women will die eventually by their own hands, and at nearly three times the rate of civilians in the same under-34 age […]

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