21. Gulf War Syndrome, From The Publisher Of CFS-NEWS New York Times Gulf War Illness Index regularly updated US Dept.of Veterans Affairs resources on gulf war illnesses Illness FAQ (answers to http://www.cfs-news.org/gulfwar.htm

Gulf War Syndrome NEWS Major web sites Reports and background info Medical research and government reports ... Various links NEWS August 7: Article links secret vaccine experiments to Gulf vets June 15: Government study links chemicals to Gulf vets News links: Yahoo News on Gulf War Illness Reuters news reports Desert Storm Mom news updates New York Times Gulf War Illness Index and current summaries (first-time visitors to New York Times must set a password Other news articles Major web sites Gulf War Veterans Resources page (and see their Self-Help Guide Chronic-Ill-net: Persian Gulf War Syndrome Desert Storm Mom's Vet Center Gulf links: One Two Three Reports and background info McAlvaney Report (August 1996) PBS Frontline: Debating Gulf War Syndrome January 1997 (and bibliography with web links , also an update page New York Times Gulf War Illness Index regularly updated (first-time visitors to New York Times must set a password Washington Post Gulf War Special Report March 1997 U.S. Dept. of Defense Health Affairs "Unexplained Illnesses Among Desert Storm Veterans: A Search for Causes, Treatment and Cooperation"

22. Www.gwvi.ncr.gov/ March 14, 2003, Hour Two gulf war illnessesOffice of the Special Assistant for the gulf war illnesses Veterans AffairsFrequently Asked Questions gulf war illnesses Gulf War Veteran Resource http://www.gwvi.ncr.gov/

23. Gulf War Illness Public Inquiry gulf war illnesses, Public Inquiry. Privacy Policy Disclaimer. http://www.lloyd-gwii.com/

24. Gulf War Syndrome For more information about gulf war illnesses, including the legislation andreports discussed Sanders Lauds Gulf War Illness Findings, Associated Press http://www.bernie.house.gov/vets/gulf.asp

Veterans White River Juntion Gulf War Illness Agent Orange ... Search Gulf War Syndrome Many years have passed since the Gulf War, and close to 100,000 of America's Gulf War veterans, including hundreds in Vermont, have become ill - experiencing a wide variety of medical symptoms which are now referred to as "Gulf War Illness." While the years have gone by, and many have suffered, the Veterans Administration and the Department of Defense have been extremely ineffective in diagnosing or treating these illnesses. The Human Resources Subcommittee of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee, on which Congressman Sanders has been very actively pursing the truth about Gulf War illnesses, held numerous hearings into Gulf War illnesses and issued two reports on the subject over the last few years. The subcommittee Chairman, Representative Chris Shays of Connecticut, and Congressman Sanders sponsored legislation intended to correct the serious inadequacies in current U.S. policy discovered through those hearings. This legislation was passed during the 105th Congress and were signed into law by the President. In addition to this legislation, Congressman Sanders has been working with the Veterans Affairs (VA) Chief of Medical Research to begin the first two treatment trials for Gulf War illnesses. These are the first treatments for Gulf War veterans sponsored by the United States government. Both the treatments for which the VA has approved trials have been used by private medical doctors treating ill Gulf War veterans with positive results.

25. New Scientist Breaking News - Gulf War Syndrome Research Reveals Present Danger But in September 2002, researchers at the gulf war illnesses Research Unit atKing s College in London showed that stress cannot explain symptoms displayed http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3546

26. CNN.com - US - Cause Of Gulf War Syndrome Still A Mystery - February 25, 2000 It does not constitute an explanation for Gulf War Illness, because only a smallnumber of Office of the Special Assistant for the gulf war illnesses http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/25/gulf.syndrome/

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27. Gulf War Syndrome (1997 Study) UT Southwestern team traces gulf war illnesses to chemicals Three primary syndromes UT Southwestern s research into gulf war illnesses continues. http://www.swmed.edu/home_pages/epidemi/gws/gws.htm

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas UT Southwestern team traces Gulf War illnesses to chemicals: Three primary syndromes identified Contact: Kris Mullen or e-mail: kmulle@mednet.swmed.edu WASHINGTON — Jan. 8, 1997 — Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have concluded that some Gulf War veterans are suffering from three primary syndromes indicating brain and nerve damage caused by wartime exposure to combinations of low-level nerve agents and other common chemicals. The findings are published as a set of three articles in the Jan. 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. "Each of the JAMA articles solves a different piece of the puzzle that has baffled previous researchers of these mysterious illnesses," said Dr. Robert Haley, chief of epidemiology and the study's principal investigator. "Our findings provide the first evidence of associations between symptoms in Gulf War veterans and exposures to chemicals, including chemical nerve agents." By conducting an exhaustive series of epidemiological and clinical studies on veterans from a U.S. Navy reserve unit, the UT Southwestern researchers identified a syndrome characterized by thought, memory and sleep difficulties; a second syndrome that involves more severe thought problems as well as confusion and imbalance; and a third syndrome of sore joints and muscles and tingling or numbness in the hands and feet.

28. Government Resources gulf war illnesses. Environmental Exposure Reports (US Department of Defense) gulf war illnesses Basic Questions Unanswered (General Accounting Office) http://library.louisville.edu/government/subjects/war/dstorm/pgill.html

University of Louisville UofL Libraries Government Resources Government Resources Gulf War Illnesses Environmental Exposure Reports (U.S. Department of Defense) Gulf War Illnesses: Basic Questions Unanswered (General Accounting Office) Gulf War Illnesses: DOD's Conclusions about U.S. Troops' Exposure Cannot Be Adequately Supported (General Accounting Office) ... Other Related Information: Veterans Having trouble finding information about the UofL Libraries? Use this search box to search our web site. (This does not search Minerva, the catalog.) University Libraries University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292 Privacy 1995-2005 University of Louisville Comments to: Barbara Whitener Updated: July 14, 2005

29. RAND | Books And Publications | Online Publications By Category: Summary Of Gulf To complement its investigations of gulf war illnesses, OSAGWI commissioned NDRI to In addition, NDRI pursued three related studies of Gulf War Illness. http://www.rand.org/publications/electronic/gulfwarsum.html

Optimum graphic presentation of this site requires a modern standards-friendly browser. The browser you are using may not display exactly as we intended, but you will still be able to access all of our content. For more information, see About This Site . Why upgrade? Click here to see how this site's homepage displays with a modern browser. RAND By Research Category ABOUT RAND RAND POLICY RESEARCH ... SUPPORT RAND Bookstore Directory Browse by Category Best Sellers New Publications RAND Classics ... Publication Search Online Reading Commentary Issue Papers Research Briefs RAND Journal of Economics ... RAND Review Browse Online Research Publications New Publications RAND Classics Browse by Category The Arts Child Policy Civil Justice Education ... Methodology National Security Acquisition and Technology Force Structure and Employment Global Security Environment Logistics and Infrastructure ... Workforce and Workplace RAND's Summary of Gulf War Illness Studies See RAND's studies on Gulf War Illnesses Veterans of the Persian Gulf War have reported a variety of physical and psychological symptoms, some of which remain unexplained. In an effort to do everything possible to understand and explain the illnesses, inform veterans and the public, and recommend changes in DoD policies and procedures, the Secretary of Defense in 1996 designated the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses and his office (OSAGWI) to oversee all DoD efforts related to illnesses of Gulf War veterans. To complement its investigations of Gulf War illnesses, OSAGWI commissioned NDRI to examine the scientific literature on the health effects of a number of possible causes of illness. Combining what science had to say with what happened in the Gulf, it was hoped, would produce a more complete understanding of illnesses among veterans.

30. National Gulf War Resource Center News Articles Related to gulf war illnesses, documents, and declassifed VA (RAC) Research Advisory Committee Report On Gulf War Exposures, (Acrobat PDF) http://www.ngwrc.org/?Page=Topic&rsWebTopicID=32

31. CIA Gulf War Intelligence CIA Report on Intelligence Related to gulf war illnesses 2 August 1996. KhamisiyahA Historical Perspective on Related IntelligencePersian Gulf War http://www.fas.org/irp/gulf/cia/

FAS Intelligence Gulf War Index ... Join FAS Central Intelligence Agency GulfLINK Collection CIA Report on Intelligence Related to Gulf War Illnesses 2 August 1996 Khamisiyah: A Historical Perspective on Related IntelligencePersian Gulf War Illnesses Task Force - 9 April 1997 Documents released: 08 April 97 Documents released: 12 February 97 Documents released: 29 January 97 ... Join FAS http://www.fas.org/irp/gulf/cia/ Created by John Pike Maintained by Webmaster

32. VA Denies Presumptive Service Connection For Gulf War Illnesses - DAV Meanwhile, the trio of new reports on Gulf War illness failed to identify Differences in illness rates indicated that Gulf Warrelated health problems http://www.dav.org/magazine/magazine_archives/2001-2/VA_Denies_Presum1679_print.

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS Building Better Lives for America's Disabled Veterans VA Denies Presumptive Service Connection for Gulf War Illnesses The VA has decided against granting presumptive service-connection for a variety of illnesses that affect more than 120,000 Gulf War veterans. The VA cites as justification an Institute of Medicine Study (IOM) study that failed to find a link between health problems experienced by veterans and their service in the Persian Gulf. The VA decision means that Gulf War veterans must continue to prove their health problems occurred during or are related to their military service in the Persian Gulf. "This is not the decision that the DAV feels is needed," said DAV Washington Headquarters Executive Director David W. Gorman. "To assume that 120,000 of the 700,000 veterans of the Persian Gulf War are suffering from completely unrelated illnesses flies in the face of logic." Scores of studies have been conducted on a variety of possible causes for Gulf War illness, including exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents, depleted uranium, oil well fires, and chemical agent-resistant paint. The IOM study, released in September 2000, reviewed more than 10,000 published scientific studies related to four potential causes of Gulf War illnessdepleted uranium, sarin (a nerve gas), vaccines, and pyridostigmine bromide (a medication to protect troops from nerve gas). It found a link between some medical problems and sarin, but VA said there's no evidence that U.S. troops were exposed to high levels of sarin.

33. Gulf War Syndrome Even if you do not have any of these symptoms of gulf war illnesses, you shouldmake certain your name is on our DATABASE for Gulf War veterans. http://www.biofact.com/gulf/

Gulf War Syndrome Here is the chronology of events that lead to the current Gulf War Syndrome: Iraq invades Kuwait , 'Desert Shield' begins. U.S. warns of Iraq's military and chemical, biological and nuclear weapons capabilities. 'Desert Storm' begins . Troops invade Iraq and Kuwait, and return Kuwait to it's former rulers, in one of the shortest wars on record. Troops return home and begin to complain of unusual symptoms. Gulf War Syndrome is discovered. This page is provided courtesy of: The BioFact report Frequently asked questions (FAQ) What should I do if I think I have Gulf War Syndrome? What are the symptoms? Is this a real disease? Iraq invades Kuwait When Iraq invaded Kuwait, the United States government acted quickly. Ships were dispatched to the Persian Gulf and oil prices shot up as an oil embargo was placed against Iraq. The U.S. Government told us that Saddam Hussein was poised to invade the neighboring countries, including Saudi Arabia, and the worlds oil supply was threatened. George Bush launched operation "Desert Shield" in which a coalition of many nation's armies gathered in the deserts of Saudi Arabia bordering Iraq and Kuwait. We believed the threat to Iraq's other neighbors was real and demanded immediate action! Public support for "Desert Shield" was tremendous. George Bush enjoyed some of his highest popularity ratings. The threat of Iraq's army to the world's oil supply was rarely questioned, though Russian spy satellite photos contradicted the reported threat. The cover-up of Russia's satellite photos was determined to be one of the Most Censored News Stories of 1991 by Sonoma State University in it's annual report on censorship. This was just the beginning of U.S. deception surrounding the Gulf War.

34. DefenseLINK News: DOD ANNOUNCES MORE GULF WAR ILLNESSES TOWN HALL MEETINGS DOD ANNOUNCES MORE gulf war illnesses TOWN HALL MEETINGS. Bernard Rostker, specialassistant for gulf war illnesses, will hold town hall meetings at three http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/1998/b04081998_bt159-98.html

Sep. 09, 2005 War on Terror Transformation News Products Press Resources ... Contact Us United States Department of Defense News Release On the web: var a = self.location document.writeln('' + a + ''); Media contact: Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 No. 159-98 (703)697-5131(media) IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 8, 1998 (703)697-5737(public/industry) DOD ANNOUNCES MORE GULF WAR ILLNESSES TOWN HALL MEETINGS Bernard Rostker, special assistant for Gulf War illnesses, will hold town hall meetings at three military installations this spring to provide the latest information on the Department's efforts and to receive feedback directly from current and former military members and their families. Rostker will visit Fort Sill, Okla. April 23; Fort Riley, Kan., May 13; and Fort Campbell, Ky., June 18. These are the first Gulf War illnesses town hall meetings held on military installations. Last year, the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars hosted Rostker at meetings in 13 major metropolitan areas across the country. More town hall meetings will be scheduled for later this year. "Last year, we concentrated on large cities to try to reach the most veterans possible," said Rostker. "This year, we're focusing specifically on large military installations to reach Gulf War veterans still in the military. We also plan to address force protection measures taken since the Gulf War, so the meeting should attract servicemembers who aren't Gulf War veterans," said Rostker.

35. DefenseLINK News: DoD's Gulf War Illnesses Office Releases 2ND Annual Report DOD S gulf war illnesses OFFICE RELEASES 2ND ANNUAL REPORT. The Office of theSpecial Assistant for gulf war illnesses released today its second annual http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/1999/b05191999_bt242-99.html

Sep. 09, 2005 War on Terror Transformation News Products Press Resources ... Contact Us United States Department of Defense News Release On the web: var a = self.location document.writeln('' + a + ''); Media contact: Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 No. 242-99 (703) 578-8421 (media) IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 1999 (703) 697-5737 (public/industry) DOD'S GULF WAR ILLNESSES OFFICE RELEASES 2ND ANNUAL REPORT The Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses released today its second annual report detailing the office's operational goals and accomplishments in 1998. "Our second year was a busy one," said Bernard Rostker, the special assistant for Gulf War illnesses. "In addition to following hundreds of investigative leads and placing multiple reports in development, we released four case narratives and two environmental exposure reports covering topics ranging from depleted uranium and oil well fires to whether chemical warfare agents had been found in a storage tank at a Kuwaiti girls' school." The report is divided into six sections. Rostker provides a review of the events that led to the establishment of the office and a brief summation of the first year's efforts. A second section provides a summary of the activities of the second year and recaps the findings of the investigations completed.

36. Gulf War Illnesses: Dealing With The Uncertainties - 9 December 1997 The full report Gulf War Illness—Dealing with the Uncertainties (December 1997,55 pp.) is available from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology http://www.parliament.uk/post/9712.htm

United Kingdom Parliament Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Back to Press Releases Report Summary Keep research and compensation issues separate OST has recently reviewed this work to try and illuminate for UK parliamentarians what is and is not currently known about Gulf War illnesses. The end result is that uncertainty is going to remain for some time. Meanwhile there is a Parliamentary debate on the adequacies of current compensation schemes, which treat illnesses linked by the individual to Gulf War service no differently than any other service disability. Many are thus looking to research to help decide whether there should be extra compensation in addition to this. P OST concludes that the serious lack of qualitative information on individual exposure histories will make proving individual cause and effect very difficult, and that even if epidemiology studies indicate excesses of illness, they may still fall far short of proving cause and effect. It would thus be inadvisable to delay consideration of compensation issues for several years in the mistaken hope that all uncertainties will be resolved. The POST report also looks at other lessons to be learnt, including those that would need to be applied in future conflicts, and other issues related to the management of the research effort and ensuring efficient access to the results of the many programmes coming in from the USA.

37. Gulf War Syndrome Caused By Chemical Exposures Panel Concludes Chemicals Caused gulf war illnesses. Gulf War Syndrome Caused byChemical Exposures UPdate spring 2005 http://www.environmentalhealth.ca/s05gulfwar.html

Panel Concludes Chemicals Caused Gulf War Illnesses Gulf War Syndrome Caused by Chemical Exposures UPdate spring 2005 Its been thirteen years since thousands of American, Canadian and British veterans who served in the Gulf War developed mysterious, disabling illnesses which continue to this day. For years, governments claimed the illnesses were stress related, and had no physical basis. Now, in a radical break from past official positions, the US presidential advisory committee charged with studying Gulf War illnesses has concluded that many Gulf War veterans suffer from neurological damage caused by exposure to toxic chemicals. Almost 30% of the veterans from the Gulf War are still disabled by chronic symptoms affecting many body systems. The symptoms include severe headaches, memory problems, confusion, dizziness, blurred vision and tremors. Gulf War vets have developed ALS, or Lou Gehrigs disease, at twice the rate of vets who did not serve in the Gulf War. Some veterans returned seemingly well, yet developed severe illnesses months or years later. The lag time between cause and effect makes understanding these illnesses more difficult. New research disproves a number of earlier scientific understandings. Fifteen animal studies since 2000 show animals suffer ongoing neurological and immunological effects after low-level exposures to sarin. This evidence undermines a long held belief that long term adverse effects do not occur if there are no immediate symptoms on exposure to low levels of nerve agents.

38. Gulf War Illnesses Not Caused By Stress Gulf War Illness Not Caused by Stress UPdate Spring 2003. In a surprise aboutface, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) has discarded the theory http://www.environmentalhealth.ca/spring03gulf.html

Gulf War Illness Not Caused by Stress UPdate Spring 2003 In a surprise about face, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) has discarded the theory that Gulf War illnesses are caused by stress and recognized that veterans may be suffering from brain damage caused by toxic exposures. The decision followed release of a British study of 111 disabled Desert Storm veterans, which concluded that the illnesses were not psychiatric disorders. Research results from studies which used brain scanning technology to document neurological damage also influenced the decision. “It is increasingly evident that at least one important category of illness in Gulf War veterans is neurological in character Magnetic resonance spectroscopy suggests a loss of neurons in selected brain areas in ill veterans, particularly in the basal ganglia and brain stem,” stated the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veteran’s Illnesses. Dr. Robert Haley, a committee member and Chief of Epidemiology at Texas Southwestern Medical Center says the stress theory is now “dead as a doornail.” Haley was involved in initial studies using magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study Gulf War vets. The VA announced $20 million in research funds in 2004 to pursue research into neurological damage among vets. It hopes to create a center dedicated to medical imaging technology with the objective of gaining more insight into Gulf War illnesses and other conditions. Earlier studies in this area were privately funded by millionaire Ross Perrot.

39. Gulf War Syndrome Office of the Special Assistant for gulf war illnesses. 5113 Leesburg Pike, Suite901, Falls Church, VA, 22041. (703) 5788518. http//www.gulflink.osd.mil. http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/gulf_war_syndrome.jsp

40. Despite The Credible Research Linking GWS With Anthrax Vaccine Or receiving anthrax vaccine was related to gulf war illnesses. Instead, Steele L.Prevalence and patterns of Gulf War Illness in Kansas http://www.anthraxvaccine.org/AnthraxGWS.htm

Anthrax Vaccine Causes Gulf War Syndrome Until 1998, there existed no published papers that explored whether receiving anthrax vaccine was related to Gulf War illnesses. Instead, several expert committees (lacking experience with anthrax) were asked to comment on whether anthrax vaccine was likely to be a cause of Gulf War Illnesses. The committees were given DOD briefings, did not review the literature (there were no published studies of safety or efficacy for the licensed anthrax vaccine), concluded that a relationship was unlikely, and then recommended against further research (1). Studying American veterans was particularly difficult because many were not told whether they were given anthrax vaccine, and the vaccinations were specifically not entered into service members' shot records. Other centralized vaccine records have been lost. Despite concerns about the investigational status of anthrax vaccine when used for biological warfare, no informed consent was obtained from service members at the time of the Gulf War, and no waiver of informed consent was sought from

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