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Gulf War Illness (GWI)
Veterans of the Persian Gulf War with undiagnosed illnesses have an additional five years to qualify for benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
December 29th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
The National Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans Coalition will be holding their annual board meeting and Lunch Celebration that kicks off the activities that takes place during Veterans’ Day Activities.
November 4th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Vet News | Read More »
A prominent condition affecting Gulf War Veterans is a cluster of medically unexplained chronic symptoms that can include fatigue, headaches, joint pain, indigestion, insomnia, dizziness, respiratory disorders, and memory problems.
September 16th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Health problems associated with military service during Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn and related VA benefits
September 7th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Health problems associated with military service during Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn and related VA benefits
August 24th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »
There has been misinformation spread by the media that all files for compensation for Agent Orange related presumptive illnesses must be filed by August 30th, 2011. UNTRUE and FALSE!
August 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Agent Orange,Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health,Medical Disability Benefits,Vet News | Read More »
A prominent condition affecting Gulf War Veterans is a cluster of medically unexplained chronic symptoms that can include fatigue, headaches, joint pain, indigestion, insomnia, dizziness, respiratory disorders, and memory problems.
July 18th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
For VA benefit purposes, Gulf War Veterans are defined as those who served on active duty in the Southwest Asia theater of military operations any time during the first Gulf War starting August 2, 1990 through the Iraq War and subsequent reduced operations in Iraq.
July 7th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Veterans are finding new skills and new methods to information share. Gulf war veterans and Gulf War era veterans are developing projects to collect and share information via Facebook. The project http://polldaddy.com/s/770F1DBB56742059 is one example. Veterans are asking for assistnace to get the word out to their fellow veterans.
June 17th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Will the House of Representatives, Defense Appropriations Committee remember the veterans of the gulf war on Tuesday vote and honor those that have died from gulf war illnesses? Obits of these veterans from 20 yrs ago for just the time since Memorial Day are highlighted
June 13th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
The US House of Representatives’ Appropriations Committee vote on Tuesday for the DOD FY12 Appropriations bill may signal true abandonment to the Gulf War (1990-91) veterans that suffer from Gulf War Illness. This is a stark contrast to the reccomendation of the National Academy of Science, Institute of Medicine.
June 13th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
The effort to get a Force Multiplier for Gulf War Veterans is gaining strength through Community Building on Facebook.
June 11th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Veterans Today has encouraged gulf war veterans to set up face book pages for their gulf war 90-91 Desert Storm by service branch/and specific units……gulfwar/desertstorm/specific unit.
June 7th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait have inhaled microscopic dust particles laden with toxic metals, bacteria and fungi — a toxic stew that may explain everything from the undiagnosed Gulf War Syndrome symptoms lingering from the 1991 war against Iraq to high rates of respiratory, neurological and heart ailments encountered in the current wars, scientists say.
May 12th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Cell biologists pondering the death of neurons – brain cells – said that by eliminating one ingredient from the cellular machinery, they prolonged the life of neurons stressed by a pesticide chemical. The finding identifies a potential therapeutic target to slow changes that lead to neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases
March 15th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
We want to continue to honor our Gulf War Veterans and recognize their early deaths, it has only been 20 years since the Gulf War/Operation Desert Storm. WE are concerned that they are dying too early and still call for national registries of diagnosed illness deaths and the undiagnosed illnesses. This data could prove helpful to health care providers, medical researchers, and the veterans and their families in being proactive in their health concerns.
March 10th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a rateable condition by the VA that falls under gulf war illness. The gulf war veterans also have a researcher at VA Minneapolis, Dr Ron Bach studying Hypercoagulation in Gulf War Illness. So the following news article on medical research today on Blood clots and Inflammatory Bowel diseases/disorders needs to be circulated to the Gulf War Veterans and to the health care providers and researchers that are concerned about our gulf war veterans 1990-91. The take home highlights of the article are in Bold and underlined to draw your attention to what is the most important items in the research.
February 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Here is a chance for veterans to be in a controlled study with a highly respected physician and researcher. By the way this is one of the doctors that helped contribute their knowledge and be interviewed for the new book by Arnold Mann that will be available to be ordered next week. The book: THEY”RE POISONING US : From The Gulf War To The Gulf of Mexico, AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT again is expected to be available to order next week, VT will keep you informed on further developments.We encourage veterans to participate and help yourselves and your fellow veteran by doing so. We in the veteran community are advocating for each of you to get diagnostic and treatment trials that are good to you. You have to do your part and follow up and be a participant. Sometimes we also need controls that could be friends, family members, other veterans that are not ill and we encourage you to help also to find others that can serve as controls.
This is the second study in a couple of months that are new researchers that have asked us to get the word out.
Treatment trial for gulf war illness.
February 19th, 2011 | Posted in Coping,Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health,PTSD | Read More »
Parkinson’s Disease has been an issue of concern for Vietnam Veterans but the concern on pesticide (organophosphates) exposure and Gulf War Veterans should be tracked closely for rate of occurrence in the next generation of veterans. Developments in this research also highlights the need to examine mitrochrondial damage in the Gulf war veterans.
February 17th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
For years I have tracked those that were nondeployed and talked to hundreds of these veterans. As I also communicate with civilian groups with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Chronic Fatigue/ME I wonder if the civilian sufferers have looked as closely as possibly as they should have at vaccines and environmental triggers. There are huge numbers of civilians suffering and they have their own groups and Advisory Committee. Dr Klimas is one of the researchers that has taken a lead role for civilians and the gulf war veterans at the University of Miami and the Miami VA. She is a researcher that is pushing ahead and all of us need to keep an eye on her research in both fields.
February 14th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
So much is going on behind the scenes and time to update all American Citizens and especially the Gulf War/Desert Storm Veterans. It has been 20 years and there are battle lines on the isue of Gulf War illness not just in the US but with each coalition force that were part of the Coalition that went to Saudi/Iraq 1990-91. But with the US government being the main Log Jam to getting information out.
February 13th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
What is needed now is an urgency in medical care and clear cut solutions to the VA claims for the total group of gulf war veterans. Not endless investigations that go now where to addressing the critical need for action to get their claims through and at the same time a true need for the best medical diagnosis and care and treatment. Which includes using the best cutting edge medical work now. The effort at UTSW Medical Center in Dallas was stopped at a critical junction. Efforts to get the truth on how many cancers and what types that the gulf war veterans are enduring and dying from NOW is needed for the medical care providers and the veterans. The same can be said for how many have died or experienced cardiac infarctions, cardiac surgery, stroke data, DVT data, pulmonary embolism, renal problems, GI diagnostic data, Liver diagnostic data, respiratory system data, and the rest of all the diagnostic illnesses is needed now!
February 13th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Operation Desert Storm, which pushed Iraqi troops out of Kuwait but kept Saddam Hussein in power, took a huge toll on American servicemen and women. 159,705 veterans were injured or became ill, and 10,617 veterans have died of combat related injuries or illnesses since the initiation of the Gulf War during August 1990. Since the second Gulf War began, there have been another 5,884 casualties.
February 12th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Most recent published pilot research project on Gulf War Illness by combined research between University of Miami, Miami VA and University of Alberta in Canada is showing a complex disorder involving the nervous, endocrine and immune regulation systems points stronger to an auto immune component to Gulf War Illness. This was a small pilot study to test their hypothesis which involved 9 Gulf War Veteran and 11 control subjects, but it does appear to confirm their connection. It also boost the gulf war veterans that this is indeed REAL. Autoimmune disorders can involve the total of body systems and the list of autoimmune disorders are quite numerous.
February 12th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Gulf War Veterans 1990-91/ Desert Storm Veterans that are suffering from gulf war illness are searching for answers and only through their own continual push to find answers has there been a response at all from their government. Through their efforts a law was passed to get the Veterans Affairs Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Illness which meets February 28- March 1 in Washington DC. Their efforts have led to the push for research into biomarkers, the best diagnostic tools, and possible treatment modalities for their illnesses. Dr Bach at the Minneapolis Va has been busy examining their blood for clues and has found some clues and has found so far they have a low level chronic coagulation activation problem. Dr Martin Pall in Washington State is working on oxidative stress as a problem in chronic fatigue, gulf war illness and other undiagnosed illnesses. Dr Bach’s research continues and publication of his findings are eagerly awaited. The VA RAC GWI has also reviewed the chronic inflammatory nature of these illnesses at their last meeting in Boston.
February 9th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Organophosphate (OP) nerve agents such as sarin, soman, tabun, and O-ethyl S-[2-(diisopropylamino) ethyl] methylphosphonothioate (VX) do not react solely with acetylcholinesterase (AChE). Evidence suggests that cholinergic-independent pathways over a wide range are also targeted, including serine proteases.
These proteases comprise nearly one-third of all known proteases and play major roles in synaptic plasticity, learning, memory, neuroprotection, wound healing, cell signaling, inflammation, blood coagulation, and protein processing.
February 8th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Dr Chia research article from Journal of Clinical Pathology on enterovirus and a cancer needs to be shared widely at the Department of Veterans Affairs and circulated to all health care providers. Our only chance with beating cancer is TIME. Adequate diagnostic tests to rule out cancers for our Desert Storm Veterans and our newest veterans from OIF/OEF is a must and we all must be proactive and knowledgeable and that includes our patients and their family members!
February 2nd, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Gulf War USAF veterans experiencing early age group for Heart Conditions. Activities and guidance for gulf war anniversary activities discussed.
January 24th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Call for education and action on gulf war illness.
January 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
VA Doctors in Salt Lake City missing in action. Exceptional Conference on Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue/ME. With one out of four Gulf War 1 Veterans ill at least, one would think that the VA in Salt Lake City would be in attendance and that they would encourage and notify their patients at the VA with Fibromyalgia to attend this conference.
January 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
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