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World War II veterans

Study Links Autism to Epigenetic Changes in Dadsā€™ Sperm

“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...
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Collins, Moran, McCain & Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge Improvements to Veterans Choice Program

VA Scandal of 2014-15
Recent Press Releases Feb 25 2015 Washington, D.C. ā€“ In a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and John McCain (R-AZ) were joined by 39 of their colleagues in raising serious concerns about the...
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PTSD Independently Linked to Ischemic Heart Disease

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been linked to an increased risk for ischemic heart disease, new research shows. A prospective study conducted by investigators at University of California, San Francisco, showed that myocardial ischemia was approximately twice as...
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Veteran faces battles with VA Clinic

Norman Laws of Branson served in Vietnam. Following his years overseas, he was stationed at Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois in 1973, where he said he was exposed to multiple chemicals, including Agent Orange. The base has since closed, and the state of Illinois has...
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Toxic soldiers

A portion of her training included bivouac, which was ā€œlike camping, only you wear war paint and carry a gun,ā€ said Roland. They set up tents and lived outdoors, relying on streams running through the encampment for bathing, cooking and drinking water. She isnā€™t sure if it was...
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Camp Lejeune, North Carolina: Adverse Birth Outcomes Study Results

The effects of TCE on the human body
Click Here for PDFĀ  Study Purpose   The purpose of this study was to determine if maternal exposures to contaminants in drinking water at Camp Lejeune were associated with preterm birth and fetal growth retardation. This study is a reanalysis of a previous study, which...
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