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agent orange, Biological Weapons, burn pits, chemical weapons, depleted uranium, gulf war illness, PCE, ptsd, TBI, TCE, toxic military exposures, Water Contamination

Camp Lejeune water contamination, also see Superfund Sites. Chemical weapons have been used during WWI, WWII, Korean, Cold War Era, Vietnam and post 911 wars: Gulf War, Iraq War, Operation Enduring Freedom, Global War on Terror (ISIL).

3-D printed guide helps regrow complex nerves after injury

September 29, 2015

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agent orange, diabetes, gulf war illness, military exposures, military families, Nerve Regeneration, peripheral neuropathy, veterans, veterans children

A national team of researchers has developed a first-of-its-kind, 3D-printed guide that helps regrow both the sensory and motor functions of complex nerves after injury. The groundbreaking research has the potential to help more than 200,000 people annually who experience nerve...

“If epigenetic changes are being passed from fathers to their children, we should be able to detect them in sperm,” says coauthor Daniele Fallin. Dr. Fallin directs the Wendy Klag Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School...

Researchers at the VA Boston Healthcare System are currently testing the effects of light therapy on brain function in veterans with Gulf War Illness. The current study is following up on promising results from a pilot study in which veteran participants reported fewer symptoms...

“Every effort was made for years to hide the truth and deny the medical research needed to fully treat the U.S. troops suffering from Gulf War Syndrome.” – Former U.S. Senator Don Riegle, 2014 During and immediately after the first gulf War, more than 200,000 of 700,000 U.S....

The generational effects of Agent Orange and dioxin will be discussed at a town hall meeting set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the Rogalski Center on the St. Ambrose University campus. The three Quad City Area chapters of Vietnam Veterans of America are hosting the...

The result is Trooper, a beautiful, heart-wrenching film that offers far more than empathy. It dares viewers to explore a disturbing corner of the Iraq War, a realm that no film has yet to touch: the blight of depleted uranium poisoning, which has infected thousands of Iraq...

Study links genetics, anti nerve-agent pills to Gulf War illness

February 08, 2015

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Anti-nerve agent, autonomic nervous system, Baylor University Institute of Biomedical Studies, butyrylcholinesterase, Desert Storm, gene variant, Gulf War, gulf war illness, Gulf War Syndrome, medical research, Operation Desert Shield, PB, pyridostigmine bromide, VA, Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health

A small research study at Baylor University has identified a genetic difference between veterans who developed symptoms of Gulf War illness after deploying to that 1990-91 conflict and those who deployed but didn’t get sick. The finding — touted as the first “direct...

Military health: The insurmountable gulf

“From the beginning, the VA has refused to honestly face the problems that face veterans,” said Joel Graves, a Gulf War veteran who until last year had served on a committee advising the VA on research priorities related to the illness. Graves and others contend that the agency...

The Record: Treating vets

Some doctors say they’ve seen it all. However, that may not be the case when the patient is a veteran. Rutgers University’s Robert Wood Johnson Medical School to teach health practitioners specific things to look for with veterans from the country’s different...

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3-D printed guide helps regrow complex nerves after injury

Study Links Autism to Epigenetic Changes in Dads’ Sperm

Researchers Testing Light Therapy for Gulf War Illness

The Lies still Killing Gulf War Vets

Agent Orange effects focus of meeting

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Study links genetics, anti nerve-agent pills to Gulf War illness

Military health: The insurmountable gulf

The Record: Treating vets

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