News tagged with gulf war
Gulf War veterans display abnormal brain response to specific chemicals
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 23, 2009 |
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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 ...
Deep brain mapping to isolate evidence of Gulf War syndrome
Nov 19, 2008 |
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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 ...
Gulf War research panel finds 1 in 4 veterans suffers from illness caused by toxic exposure
Nov 17, 2008 |
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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
Nov 03, 2008 |
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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
Aug 14, 2008 |
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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 ...
Researchers probe geographical ties to ALS cases among 1991 Gulf War veterans
Jul 21, 2008 |
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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 ...
