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Gulf War veterans display abnormal brain response to specific chemicals

Gulf War veterans display abnormal brain response to specific chemicals

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 3

A new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers is the first to pinpoint damage inside the brains of veterans suffering from Gulf War syndrome - a finding that links the illness to chemical exposures ...


Researchers probe geographical ties to ALS cases among 1991 Gulf War veterans

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 21, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Duke University, the University of Cincinnati and the Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center are hoping to find a geographical pattern to help explain why 1991 Gulf War veterans contracted the fatal ...





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Deep brain mapping to isolate evidence of Gulf War syndrome

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 19, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at Southern Methodist University in Dallas are pioneering the use of spatial statistical modeling to analyze brain scan data from Persian Gulf War veterans, aiming to pinpoint specific areas of the their brains ...


New research shows risk of ALS exposure in Gulf War veterans is time limited

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 06, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A new study, led by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC), says that cases of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) among soldiers who served in the first Persian Gulf War were caused by certain events during their ...


Post-traumatic stress disorder primary suicide risk factor for veterans

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

August 25, 2009—Researchers working with Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have found that post-traumatic stress disorder, the current most common mental disorder among veterans returning from service in the Middle East, ...


Health problems in Persian Gulf War veterans higher due to chemical exposure

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created Mar 10, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shows there is increasing evidence that high rates of illness in Persian Gulf War Veterans can be explained, in part, by exposure to certain ...


Gulf War research panel finds 1 in 4 veterans suffers from illness caused by toxic exposure

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

At least one in four of the 697,000 U.S. veterans of the 1991 Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness, a condition caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, including pesticides and a drug administered to protect troops against ...


War affects Iraqis' health more after fleeing

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The risk of depression is greater among Iraqi soldiers who took part in the Gulf War than among civilians. Surprisingly, on the other hand, neither of these groups showed any signs of post-traumatic stress ten years after ...


Women and war: The toll of deployment on physical health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 14, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than 80 percent of a sample of Air Force women deployed in Iraq and other areas around the world report suffering from persistent fatigue, fever, hair loss and difficulty concentrating, according to a University of Michigan ...


Iraq troops' PTSD rate as high as 35 percent, says new study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Veterans' Administration should expect a high volume of Iraq veterans seeking treatment of post traumatic stress disorder, with researchers anticipating that the rate among armed forces will be as high as 35%, according ...


Study re-examines Vietnam stress disorder

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created Aug 18, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A review of an 18-year-old U.S. study of post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by Vietnam veterans found sharply fewer were affected than originally reported.


Metabolic syndrome a risk for veterans with PTSD

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to have metabolic syndrome than veterans without PTSD, according to a study led by Pia Heppner, Ph.D., psychologist with the University of California, San ...



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