Monday, March 23, 2009

Gulf War Syndrome Linked To Chemical Exposure

Gulf War Syndrome Linked To Chemical Exposure        
http://www.sciencecodex.com/gulf_war_syndrome_linked_to_chemical_exposure
 
A new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers is the first to pinpoint damage inside the brains of veterans suffering from Gulf War syndrome – a finding that links the illness to chemical exposures and may lead to diagnostic tests and treatments.

Dr. Robert Haley, chief of epidemiology at UT Southwestern and lead author of the study, said the research uncovers and locates areas of the brain that function abnormally. Recent studies had shown evidence of chemical abnormalities and shrinkage of white matter in the brains of veterans exposed to certain toxic chemicals, such as sarin gas during the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
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