Legacy of Our Veterans' Military Exposures
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VETERANS’ DISEASES

Widow of Veteran Granted Benefits after Eleven Years

    The turning point of the case came when a local oncologist who is also a professor at the University of New England Medical School in Maine, Dr. Brian Dorsk, explained that although stomach cancer is not one of the many cancers that has been associated with Agent...
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Veterans and Agent Orange: Herbicide/Dioxin Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes (2000)

In response to the concerns voiced by Vietnam veterans and their families, Congress called upon the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review the scientific evidence on the possible health effects of exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides. This call resulted in the...
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