[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: Gulf War syndrome

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Gulf War and Health:
Volume 8: Update of Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War

Institute of Medicine (IOM)
2010

For the United States, the 1991 Persian Gulf War was a brief and 
successful military operation with few injuries and deaths. However, 
soon after returning from duty, a large number of veterans began 
reporting health problems they believed were associated with their 
service in the Gulf. At the request of Congress, the IOM is conducting 
an ongoing review of the evidence to determine veterans' long-term 
health problems and what might be causing those problems. The fourth 
volume in the series, released in 2006, summarizes the long-term health 
problems seen in Gulf War veterans. In 2008, the IOM began an update to 
look at existing health problems and identify possible new ones, 
considering evidence collected since the initial summary.

In this report, the IOM determines that Gulf War service causes 
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and that service is associated 
with multisymptom illness; gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable 
bowel syndrome; alcohol and other substance abuse; and anxiety disorders 
and other psychiatric disorders. To ensure that our veterans receive the 
best possible care, now and in the future, the government should 
continue to monitor their health and conduct research to identify the 
best treatments to assist Gulf War veterans still suffering from 
persistent, unexplained illnesses.

For more information about this new, 340-page report, go to
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12835&utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=National%20Academies%20Press&utm_campaign=NAP+mail+new+04.13.10&utm_content=Downloader&utm_term=

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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