Researchers Find Biological Evidence of Gulf War Illness.

The New York Times (6/15, Dao, Subscription Publication) reported that in the “two decades since the 1991 Persian Gulf war, medical researchers have struggled to explain a mysterious amalgam of problems in thousands of gulf war veterans, including joint pain, physical malaise and gastrointestinal disorders. In some medical circles, the symptoms were thought to be psychological, the result of combat stress. But recent research is bolstering the view” that the symptoms of Gulf War illness “are fundamentally biological in nature.”

The Los Angeles Times (6/14, Zarembo) reported, “Their bodies reacted differently to physical exertion, and their brains had atrophied in different regions. None of the patterns were seen in a control group of healthy subjects.” Two separate groups of veterans emerged from the researchers data. One had increased pain levels after exercise, and the other suffered from a condition that caused the heart the race after exercise.

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— “Researchers Find Biological Evidence of Gulf War Illnesses, “James Dao, The New York Times, June 14, 2013.

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