Scientist: Gulf War Illness May Never Be Explained
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Veterans of the Gulf War suffer more  health problems than other members of the military but the  causes of the mysterious array of symptoms may never be known,  a leading British scientist said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Veterans with Gulf War syndrome  appear to have subtle damage to the involuntary part of the  nervous system, likely caused by low-level exposure to the  chemical warfare agent sarin, according to a new study.
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The illnesses known as Gulf War Syndrome appear to be linked to toxins, not stress, a US report says.
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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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WASHINGTON -- 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 yesterday.
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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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Many U.S. combat veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are clearly suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder but it is not at all clear which treatments work to help them, an Institute of Medicine panel said on Thursday.
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Gulf war syndrome may have been caused by exposure to the nerve gas sarin, according to reports.
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Science & environment: Nobel winner David Baltimore says complexity of disease means scientists are no closer to finding vaccine
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The British government must acknowledge  that thousands of soldiers who served in the 1991 Gulf War are  suffering serious illnesses as a direct result, a heavyweight  inquiry concluded on Wednesday. A damning report said the  Ministry of Defense must admit for the first time that "Gulf  War Syndrome" exists.
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Scientists advising the US government said Monday that they have found evidence of an association between lung cancer in Gulf War veterans and exposure to combustible products used in the war.
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Gulf War veterans&#39; exposure to pollutants was linked today to lung cancer, though the report didn&#39;t connect contact with hazardous substances to Gulf War Syndrome, contradicting an earlier study.
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The government must acknowledge that thousands of soldiers who served in the 1991 Gulf War are suffering serious illnesses as a direct result, a heavyweight inquiry has concluded.
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Though it has long been dismissed as a serious illness, scientists have found a gene linked to the often debilitating syndrome
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A public-health doctor discovers that poor diet, not airborne microbes, is the cause of pellagra, a debilitating and often fatal disease. He's bucking the medical establishment, though, and his findings are not universally accepted.
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Blocking a molecule in the brain may "cure" post-traumatic stress disorder, say US researchers.
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A federal panel that has spent two years reviewing studies of Gulf War illnesses recommends focusing future research on the effects of the toxic substances that veterans encountered during the 1991 conflict.