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 | | The Ministry of Defence’s approach must be guided by these findings from the scientific and medical community, and we do not therefore recognise “Gulf War Syndrome” as a medical condition. | | | The Medical Research Council addressed this in a review of research published on 22 May 2003 and came to the same conclusion. | | | This figure includes awards relating to both Gulf related and non-Gulf related conditions. |
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| | New Scientist Breaking News - US in U-turn over Gulf war syndrome |
| | Similar studies by Keiji Fukuda and colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta concluded “a chronic multisystem condition was significantly associated with deployment to the Gulf”. | | | Haley says this was because the study did not ask about 12 of the 23 symptoms he found were crucial, and did include five others that he says obscured the pattern. | | | But American researchers claim the studies the British are relying on were not designed in a way that would uncover the syndrome. |
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| | This center provides treatment for Gulf War returnees with chronic pain and other health concerns. | | | The National Academy of Sciences has agreed to advise DoD on its overall approach to Gulf War Illnesses and to recommend any needed changes to that approach. | | | The team is composed of representative elements of critical DoD components to ensure that research and analytical efforts and outreach programs are effective, coordinated and meaningful. |
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| | NEXUS: Gulf War Syndrome |
| | A number of veterans now believe they have been used as unwitting guinea pigs and are deeply concerned at what precisely may have been pumped into them. | | | The use of cytokines does have a rational explanation, for cytokines trigger the body's immune system. | | | As part of their work they were monitoring the effectiveness of the biological immunisation programme." |
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| | Gulf War Veteran version of GULFLINK |
| | War Illness" study, and though the study was to conclude at the | | | CDC say there wasn't a sterile cure for Leishmaniasis. | | | Our goal is to make this whole program public again, |
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| | Gulf War Syndrome |
| | One study found more adverse reactions to the anthrax vaccine than to other vaccines, and urged doctors to report all reactions so the scope of the problem could be determined. | | | Leonard Dietz, a research associate with the private, non-profit Uranium Medical Research Centre in Canada and the United States, said that the degree of environmental contamination the DU rounds will cause in sea water depends on what kinds of targets were hit and how much DU was fired. | | | And critics point out that no matter how much money has been spent renovating the plant and cleaning up the manufacturing process, the vaccine itself, given to troops heading to the Gulf today, has not changed. |
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http://www.vaccinetruth.org/new_page_7.htm
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| | Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine: Gulf War syndrome |
| | The researchers concluded that there was "a generalized injury to the nervous system." Another research group concluded their study by stating that there was "a spectrum of neurologic injury involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems." | | | Meanwhile, veterans can benefit from the wide variety of supportive and non-specific approaches to this and similar problems. | | | Gulf War syndrome describes a wide spectrum of illnesses and symptoms ranging from asthma to sexual dysfunction that have been reported by U.S. and U.S. allied soldiers who served in the Persian Gulf War in 1990-91. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2603/is_0004/ai_2603000401
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| | Gulf War syndrome - definition of Gulf War syndrome in Encyclopedia |
| | This has occurred with asthma, allergies, repetitive strain injury and many other previously 'dubious' complaints. | | | However, asthma, allergies, and RSI have distinct and identifiable symptoms, which the Gulf War Syndrome and MCS have not. | | | Also, the symptoms of asthma and allergies remain the same in double-blind tests, while the symptoms of MCS disappear in test where the subject is unaware of exposure to suspected substances. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Gulf_War_syndrome
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| | Gulf War Syndrome, from the publisher of CFS-NEWS |
| | NIH Technology Assessment Workshop: The Persian Gulf Experience and Health April 1994 | | | Institute for Molecular Medicine, featuring papers by Dr. Garth Nicolson | | | CNN news report: Study says Gulf War illnesses caused by toxins |
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| | Boston.com / Your Life / Health & Fitness / Diseases & Treatments / Gulf War Syndrome acknowledgment urged |
| | Veterans argue that the correlation is a real cause-and-effect relationship, even though those kinds of studies merely spot suspicious associations and do not prove cause and effect. | | | Many thousands of Gulf War veterans have experienced undiagnosed illnesses with symptoms such as chronic fatigue, loss of muscle control, diarrhea, migraines, dizziness, memory problems and loss of balance. | | | The report also recommended that the illnesses be called Gulf War syndrome, as they are referred to by veterans, and that, while research into the causes continues, the government set up a special fund to make compensation payments to those veterans who had suffered as a result of their service. |
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http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2004/11/17/gulf_war_syndrome_acknowledgment_urged
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| | Gulf War Syndrome- Health Encyclopedia and Reference |
| | You should promptly seek professional medical care if you have any concern about your health, and you should always consult your physician before starting a fitness regimen. | | | Gulf War Syndrome is the name given to a variable combination of psychological and physical complaints experienced by veterans of the Persian Gulf War. | | | Are the symptoms related to the Persian Gulf experience? |
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http://www.healthcentral.com/encyclopedia/408/320/Gulf_War_Syndrome.html
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| | Captain Joyce Riley : Gulf War Syndrome |
| | They said, "well, we can't pinpoint exactly what virus or bacteria is causing the problem, so we can't treat it." I said, you say you don't know what causes cancer, but you treat that! | | | I have not heard of any person being contacted. | | | So, when people come in and complain about the symptoms, they are turned aside and told that the problem is psychological in nature. |
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| | GWS |
| | The findings are published as a set of three articles in the Jan. 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. | | | UT Southwestern's research into Gulf War illnesses continues. | | | The syndromes are variants of a rare disorder called organophosphate-induced delayed polyneuropathy, which is caused by exposure to certain chemicals that inhibit cholinesterase, an enzyme important to nervous system function. |
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http://www.swmed.edu/home_pages/epidemi/gws/gws.htm
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| | BBC NEWS Health Sarin 'Gulf war syndrome cause' |
| | A spokeswoman said: "Our understanding is that the report only reviews existing research. | | | According to the New Scientist report "a substantial proportion of Gulf war veterans are ill with multi-system conditions not explained by wartime stress or psychiatric illness". | | | Gulf war syndrome may have been caused by exposure to the nerve gas sarin, according to reports. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/health/3979975.stm
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| | Gulf War Veteran Resource Pages |
| | September 2002: Today we were contacted about a book available on living with chronic pain by Linda Martinson entitled "Poetry of Pain". | | | This may be an important title for any Gulf War vets suffering from chronic pain to look into. | | | Following that action, he and his men suffer from many of the illnesses experienced by Gulf War veterans. |
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| | BBC NEWS UK 'Gulf War syndrome' probe planned |
| | There is clearly a major problem to be addressed | | | More than 5,000 British veterans have reported illnesses which they believe may have been caused by vaccines or exposure to chemicals. | | | He said many veterans, now in failing health, found themselves locked in a long battle to have their illnesses accepted as war related. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports MoD attacked over Gulf war syndrome |
| | It seemed to us they deserved a response," he said. | | | Although his inquiry's report did not ascribe a specific cause to the illnesses among veterans of the 1991 conflict, it found that many of those who returned from the Gulf were ill, and those who served were twice as likely to be ill as troops who served elsewhere. | | | Lord Lloyd, whose independent inquiry concluded that there was such a thing as Gulf war syndrome, accused the Ministry of Defence yesterday of being "worse than negative" in response to his report. |
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| | Gulf War Syndrome |
| | Their problems included headache and memory loss, fatigue, sleep disorders, and intestinal and respiratory ailments. | | | Many have already concluded that MCS is not a real illness, it's more of a modern version of hypocondria, but I can't speak to the other disorders. | | | Gulf War Syndrome as a seperate disease, or set of symptoms with a common cause appears to be a myth. |
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| | What is Gulf War Syndrome? |
| | As researchers desperately chase an elusive target, some have advocated far-fetched theories about causes and treatments. | | | According to this theory, gulf swar syndrome is a more heavily publicized and intensely researched version of the physical and psychological impact of waging war. | | | Like Hyman, Nicholson attributes the syndrome to an infection that can only be cleared by long-term antibiotic treatment. |
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| | The most common symptoms and illnesses cited as gulf war syndrome include severe fatigue, nausea, fevers, muscle and joint complaints, memory loss, mood swings including severe aggression, insomnia, swollen glands and headaches. | | | A typical scenario, NGVFA says, is that the stress and illness leads many sufferers to lose their jobs, their relationships deteriorate and they lose their homes and then eventually take their own lives. | | | Campaigners for Gulf veterans hope that the hearing by the US Congressional subcommittee, one of the most powerful investigative bodies in America, will put the government under enough pressure to order a public inquiry into the illnesses, which are sometimes described as gulf war syndrome, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). |
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| | frontline: the gulf war: appendix: gulf war syndrome |
| | The postwar ailments of Gulf War veterans have become known as 'Gulf War Syndrome' and millions of dollars of research and many health studies are focusing on whether it is a definable illness. | | | About 70,000 Gulf War veterans say their depression, anxiety, musculoskeletal disorders, fatigue, respiratory problems, memory loss and other symptoms are associated with Gulf War exposure to chemicals from burning oil wells, insecticides and, to poison or poisons linked to innoculations against biological warfare or to Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons. | | | There is "no clinical evidence for a new or unique illness or syndrome among Persian Gulf veterans," the Defense Department said in an August 1995 report which examined 10,020 active-duty service people. |
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| | BBC NEWS Americas Gulf War syndrome 'does exist' |
| | Many continue to suffer from chronic and debilitating illnesses more than a decade since the war. | | | A spokesman said the ministry's position on the syndrome was well-documented, and that there were on-going studies into it. | | | It found veterans of the 1991 Gulf War were more likely to report symptoms of ill-health, but similar symptoms were reported by both those who did not serve in the Gulf. |
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| | Gulf war syndrome: There may be no specific syndrome, but troops suffer after most wars from the British Medical Journal | | | Gulf War Veterans and Illness by Steven Milloy | | | Thousands of individuals who served in the Persian Gulf War claim they are afflicted with a broadly defined syndrome they believe has its source in some event or series of events which occurred during that war. |
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| | Haley's refutation of the stress theory of Gulf War illness. | | | Robert Haley and colleagues at UT Southwestern have been conducting epidemiologic, clinical and laboratory research on the "Gulf War syndrome" and related neurologic illnesses in Gulf War veterans since March 1994. | | | Findings showing that there is a Gulf War syndrome, it is due to organic neurologic dysfunction, and it is associated with exposure to combinations of chemicals in the Gulf War. |
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| | Office of the Special Assistant for the Gulf War Illnesses |
| | Further investigation is necessary because sarin and cyclosarin have never been shown to cause cancer and this study only evaluated deaths during the first nine years after this possible exposure. | | | Office of the Special Assistant for the Gulf War Illnesses | | | These results should help to clarify the long-term health outcomes of Gulf War veterans, including those linked to the Khamisiyah demolition. |
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| | But war doesn't work like that, the Democrats declare, adding that the reports skip a horrible panoply of accidents, illness, disease and mental trauma. | | | A recent funding increase for research related to illnesses affecting some veterans of the Gulf War - and the establishment of research treatment centers and a pilot program that partners VA with a prominent Texas medical center in studying such illnesses - drew praise today from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary R. James Nicholson. | | | VA Announces Dallas Center for Gulf War Illnesses |
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| | AlterNet: Gulf War Syndrome II |
| | Both Rokke and Nichols says health problems associated with DU exposure are likely to be more widespread in the current war than in 1991. | | | What Rokke and other outspoken Desert Storm veterans fear is today's troops are being exposed to many of the same battlefield conditions that they believe are responsible for 'Gulf War Syndrome.' These illnesses have left 221,000 veterans on medical disability and another 51,000 seeking that status from the Veterans Administration as of May 2002. | | | Efforts to contact Pentagon officials for comment at the Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses and officials at the Veterans Administration who deal with DU-related illness were not returned. |
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| | Gulf War Syndrome and Depleted Uranium: Dr. Rosalie Bertell |
| | The chronic fatigue syndrome has been observed both at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, called bura bura disease, and at Chernobyl. | | | Six years after the Gulf War there is still deep controversy over the causes of the severe health problems observed in the veterans. | | | He has identified such cells in elevated number in chronic fatigue patients, and speculated that because of their bloated or swollen shape, they are obstructed from easily passing into the tiny capillaries, thus depriving muscles and the brain of adequate oxygen and nutrients. |
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| | GULF WAR SYNDROME COVER-UP |
| | The syndrome's cause is unclear, but veterans and researchers have focused on the elements of a toxic chemical soup in the war zone that includes insecticides, pesticides, various preventive medicines given experimentally to GIs, and smoke from the burning oilfields of Iraq and Kuwait. | | | A Guard memo reviewing medical records for its Gulf veterans concluded that the VA had inadequately addresse[d] vague and undiagnosed illnesses resulting from exposure to | | | It cannot be ruled out that [CBW agents] could have contributed to the illness in susceptible individuals. |
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| | San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper of the Year |
| | A medical doctor in Northern California reported being trained by the Pentagon with other doctors, months before the 2003 war started, to diagnose and treat soldiers returning from the 2003 war for mental problems only. | | | In a group of 251 soldiers from a study group in Mississippi who had all had normal babies before the Gulf War, 67 percent of their post-war babies were born with severe birth defects. | | | This evidence shows that of the three effects which DU has on biological systems - radiation, chemical and particulate — the particulate effect from nano-size particles is the most dominant one immediately after exposure and targets the Master Code in the DNA. |
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| | Medsearch: Medical Reference for Gulf War-Related Research |
| | This web site will also provide scientists and medical professionals information about initiatives and findings in Gulf War-related medical research. | | | Major Focus Areas is the section of Medsearch that summarizes certain subjects of great interest to people trying to understand the illnesses of Gulf War veterans. | | | The library was developed to help service members, veterans, families, and the public learn about research efforts into health concerns related to service during the Gulf War. |
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| | Combined Analysis of the VA and DoD Gulf War Clinical Evaluation Programs (A Study of the Clinical Findings from Systematic Medical Examinations of 100,339 U.S. Gulf War Veterans) - September 2002 | | | Gulf War veterans, including those who served in Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and Iraqi Freedom, who need assistance in locating their nearest VA Medical Center or who have general health questions regarding Gulf service may call toll-free... | | | "Gulf War Reports: Each year the Research Working Group prepares an Annual Report to Congress on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses" |
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| | Gulf War Syndrome and Mycoplasma |
| | Chronic Mycoplasmal Infections in Gulf War Veterans’ Children and Autism Patients | | | Simply close the window when you are finished with the document or use the button at the bottom of the document to return here to the index. |
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| | THE GULF WAR SYNDROME |
| | Find more general information on the chemicals that were possibly the causes of the Gulf War syndrome at | | | The Gulf Syndrome is a member of the | | | Plenty of background information on the Gulf War syndrome at |
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| | Depleted Uranium |
| | Action Guide: Depleted Uranium/Gulf War Syndrome: pdf booklet produced by SNAFU | | | An analysis from the International Action Center (IAC) After the bombing, what is next? | | | The “NATO Syndrome” — Arms, Profits and Lies / WHO HAS BEEN CONCEALING THE DANGERS OF DEPLETED URANIUM FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, AND WHY? |
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| | Depleted Uranium Blamed for Cancer Clusters Among Iraq War Vets | | | This exclusive report should break the media embargo imposed on the American people. | | | "half of the recently returned soldiers in one unit from Iraq have “malignant growths” is “critical evidence,” according to experts, that depleted uranium weapons are responsible for the huge number of disabled Gulf War vets — and damage to their DNA." (Aug. 2004) |
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