Status Of Efforts To Identify Gulf War Veterans Illnesses Tumor Data

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on Human Resources
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Total Pages : 158 pages
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Download or read book Status of Efforts to Identify Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, Tumor Data written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on Human Resources and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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Total Pages : 36 pages
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Download or read book Gulf War Veterans written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
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Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gulf War Illness and the Health of Gulf War Veterans written by United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions surrounding Gulf War illness and other health problems resulting from service in the 1990-1991 Gulf War have long plagued veterans and government officials. This 450-page report brings together for the first time the full range of scientific research and government investigations on Gulf War illness. The comprehensive analysis resolves many questions about what caused Gulf War illness and what should be done to address this serious condition, which affects at least one in four Gulf War veterans.--Publisher description.

Author : Christopher Shays
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788178636
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome written by Christopher Shays and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-05 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congressional hearing on the health problems of Persian Gulf war veterans. Includes statements by a number of doctors, professors, vets, and others concerned with these problems, such as Committee to Review the Health Consequences of Service during the Persian Gulf War, Institute of Medicine; and Director, Gulf War Research Foundation. Also includes statements submitted by a number of doctors, members of Congress, veterans, and others, such as Disabled American Veterans; International Advocacy for Gulf War Syndrome; Pres. Advisory Committee on Persian Gulf Vets' Illnesses, and Nat. Persian Gulf War Resource Center.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309298768
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Gulf War Veterans written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-05-21 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 2 decades have passed since the 1990-1991 conflict in the Persian Gulf. During the intervening years, many Gulf War veterans have experienced various unexplained symptoms that many associate with service in the gulf region, but no specific exposure has been definitively associated with symptoms. Numerous researchers have described the pattern of signs and symptoms found in deployed Gulf War veterans and noted that they report unexplained symptoms at higher rates than nondeployed veterans or veterans deployed elsewhere during the same period. Gulf War veterans have consistently shown a higher level of morbidity than the nondeployed, in some cases with severe and debilitating consequences. However, efforts to define a unique illness or syndrome in Gulf War veterans have failed, as have attempts to develop a uniformly accepted case definition. Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Gulf War Veterans is a comprehensive review of the available scientific and medical literature regarding symptoms for chronic multisymptom illness (CMI) among the 1991 Gulf War Veterans. This report evaluates and summarizes the literature in an effort to identify appropriate terminology to use in referring to CMI in Gulf War Veterans. While the report does not recommend one specific case definition over another, Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Gulf War Veterans does recommend the consideration of two case definitions on the basis of their concordance with the evidence and their ability to identify specific symptoms commonly reported by Gulf War veterans. This report recommends that the Department of Veterans Affairs use the term Gulf War illness rather than CMI. The report recommends that that the Department of Veterans Affairs, to the extent possible, systematically assess existing data to identify additional features of Gulf War illness, such as onset, duration, severity, frequency of symptoms, and exclusionary criteria to produce a more robust case definition.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309065801
Total Pages : 136 pages
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Download or read book Gulf War Veterans written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-09-25 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many individuals, groups, and federal agencies have a strong interest in finding answers to the numerous and complex questions regarding the health of Gulf War veterans. Various types of research and health measurement are needed to address these diverse issues. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was asked by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to undertake a study to identify important questions concerning the health of Gulf War veterans and then to design a study to answer those questions. The committee determined that it is of fundamental importance to ask how healthy are Gulf War veterans? Are they as healthy as others? What characteristics are associated with differences between the health of Gulf War veterans and the health of others? To address these questions, it will be necessary to measure not only the health status of those who served in the Gulf War, but also to compare Gulf War veterans with other groups. Further, one must continue to follow these groups through time to determine whether the groups differ in the way their health status is changing. As the committee began to develop a design that would address the fundamental questions identified, it realized that such a study could have important implications for understanding not only the health of Gulf War veterans, but also the health of veterans of other conflicts.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on Human Resources
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Total Pages : 134 pages
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Download or read book Status of Efforts to Identify Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, Tumor Data written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on Human Resources and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309176530
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1994-12-30 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This initial volume in an ongoing study of the potential health consequences of service during the Persian Gulf War responds to a request from Congress to determine whether actions taken to evaluate health effects have been appropriate. It reflects the committee's examination of health outcomes and related research efforts, women's health and reproductive health issues, infrastructure and procedures for data collection, health services influences, the role of psychiatric diagnosis, and a review of the activities of boards and coordinating groups, as well as how issues stemming from involvement in the Persian Gulf might be relevant for possible future conflicts. While the committee continues its full-length study of the problem, the recommendations in this volume are for actions it feels should be taken immediately.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309095271
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gulf War and Health written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-10-28 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third in a series of congressionally mandated reports on Gulf War veterans' health, this volume evaluates the long-term, human health effects associated with exposure to selected environmental agents, pollutants, and synthetic chemical compounds believed to have been present during the Gulf War. The committee specifically evaluated the literature on hydrogen sulfide, combustion products, hydrazine and red fuming nitric acid. Both the epidemiologic and toxicologic literature were reviewed.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030921758X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many veterans returning from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have health problems they believe are related to their exposure to the smoke from the burning of waste in open-air "burn pits" on military bases. Particular controversy surrounds the burn pit used to dispose of solid waste at Joint Base Balad in Iraq, which burned up to 200 tons of waste per day in 2007. The Department of Veterans Affairs asked the IOM to form a committee to determine the long-term health effects from exposure to these burn pits. Insufficient evidence prevented the IOM committee from developing firm conclusions. This report, therefore, recommends that, along with more efficient data-gathering methods, a study be conducted that would evaluate the health status of service members from their time of deployment over many years to determine their incidence of chronic diseases.