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Article: No 'Gulf ' syndrome: Study acknowledges ailments of 1990-91 war veterans, but says evidence does not support a new and unique illness.
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- Newsday (Melville, NY)
- Article date:
- September 13, 2006
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Byline: Jamie Talan
Sep. 13--The physical complaints of Gulf War veterans are real, but the symptoms don't add up to a unique syndrome with a specific name, according to a report by the Institute of Medicine. The Department of Veterans Affairs sponsored the study to figure out whether men and women in combat during the 1990-91 Gulf War had any environmental exposures that could have contributed to the physical and mental complaints reported when the troops returned home. The study committee composed of a dozen scientists from various fields of medicine appointed by the nonprofit advisory Institute of Medicine, examined 850 studies, most of which contained ...
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