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‘Shell Shock’ā€”The 100-Year Mystery May Now Be Solved

                          The findings, published Thursday in the medical journal the Lancet Neurology, reveal a unique and consistent pattern of damage in the autopsied brains of eight military service members who...
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NIH scientists uncover genetic explanation for frustrating syndrome

ā€œThis work suggests that multiple alpha tryptase gene copies might underlie health issues that affect a substantial number of people,ā€ said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. ā€œIdentifying one genetic cause for high tryptase opens the door for us to develop strategies for...
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August and October are both Agent Orange Awareness Month

It’s time once again to observe Agent Orange Awareness Month.Ā  We began observing Agent Orange Awareness not only in the month of August but also October. I know it’s confusing to some but here is a little history behind Agent Orange Awareness Month. My understanding...
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3-D printed guide helps regrow complex nerves after injury

Nerve Regeneration
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...
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Agent Orange Broke My Heartā„¢ – Agent Orange Legacy

Agent Orange Broke My Hearā„¢t
AUGUST and OCTOBER are both AGENT ORANGE AWARENESS MONTH…Please tell us how Agent Orange broke your heartā„¢. HISTORY OF AGENT ORANGE BROKE MY HEARTā„¢ and IMAGE My daughter, Dee and I made this image in 2007 when we founded Agent Orange Legacy after her father (my husband)...
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U.S. Army sprayed defoliant over DMZ in 1955: ex-soldier

Agent Orange Korea
A former South Korean soldier testified for the first time Monday that from its aircraft, the U.S. military sprayed a defoliant over the Demilitarized Zone in 1955 ā€• more than a decade earlier than news media recently reported. ā€œIt was in 1955 when I was working at the 15th Army...
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Secret World War II Chemical Experiments Tested Troops By Race

Secret World War II Chemical Experiments Tested Troops By Race
As a young U.S. Army soldier during World War II, Rollins Edwards knew better than to refuse an assignment. When officers led him and a dozen others into a wooden gas chamber and locked the door, he didn’t complain. None of them did. Then, a mixture of mustard gas and a...
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