Gulf War Veterans Not at Risk for Nerve Problem
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NEW YORK  - Contrary to what has been shown  in other reports, Gulf War veterans and their spouses are not  at increased risk for peripheral neuropathy, a type of nerve  problem that often involves numbness and tingling in the arms  and legs, new research shows.
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As the nation struggles to improve medical and mental health care for military personnel returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, about 1.8 million  U.S. veterans under age 65 lack even basic health insurance or access to care at Veterans  Affairs hospitals, a new study has found.
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WASHINGTON - Veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War exposed to pollution from oil well fires, exhausts and other sources face an increased risk of lung cancer, a government advisory group reported Monday.
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A significant number of patients who have stomach surgery to lose weight develop peripheral nerve damage, research has found. A team at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota found patients complained of pain, tingling or numbness.
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About 9 percent of U.S. troops who have performed combat duty in Iraq and Afghanistan report experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study led by Defense Department researchers.
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The majority of treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder that are used to treat hundreds of thousands of veterans lack rigorous scientific evidence that they are effective, according to a report issued yesterday by a panel of the federal government's top scientists.
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By JILL SCHENSUL, STAFF WRITER OK, so maybe I was blind as a bat without my glasses on. Maybe I wasn't in military-grade health and could burst into status asthmaticus at any time. And, no, I haven't logged 1,000 hours behind the controls of a jet fighter.
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TORONTO  - Chronic exposure to high  concentrations of 1-bromopropane (1-BP) vapor is highly toxic  to nerves, according to data presented here Tuesday during the  annual meeting of the American Neurological Association.
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Veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War exposed to pollution from oil well fires, exhausts and other sources may face an increased risk of lung cancer, a government advisory group reported Monday.
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A panel studying illnesses among the veterans has concluded that many suffer from neurological damage caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, rejecting past findings.
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NEW YORK  - Ten years after their  deployment, veterans of the Gulf War in 1990-1991 do not seem  to be more likely than normal to develop lung or breathing  problems, investigators report.
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LONDON - A new report on Gulf War illness urges the British government to acknowledge that Gulf War syndrome is real and calls for compensation for veterans who became ill following service in the 1991 conflict.
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The available evidence is too sparse or of insufficient quality to determine whether the majority of health problems that may be experienced by Gulf War veterans could be associated with exposures to fuels for military vehicles, propellents in Scud
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What does it take for a man like Staff Sgt. Michael Butler, a 24-year veteran of the Army and the Reserves who was a soldier in the first Gulf war
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NEW YORK  - High rates of mental health disorders are being diagnosed among US military personnel soon after being released from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to investigators in San Francisco.
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All former U.S. prisoners of war who suffer from heart disease or stroke will receive government health care benefits without having to prove the ailments were linked to their captivity, Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi said Saturday night.
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The Veterans Affairs Department said Friday that it no longer will pay for studies that seek to show stress is the primary cause of mysterious ailments afflicting thousands of veterans of the 1991 Gulf War.