Tagged: Health and Medicine

Stephen L. Robinson, Executive Director of the National Gulf War Resource Center, has authored a new report titled Hidden Toll of the War in Iraq: Mental Health and the Military (pdf). An excerpt: The...

The Guardian, August 4, on Gulf Allies 'All Faced Chemical Exposure' US investigators researching illnesses suffered by veterans of the first Gulf war yesterday insisted that all troops and civilians in the area might...

Folks, I’ve been on the National Marrow Donor Registry since January 1997. While it only took a few minutes out of my life, it may one day save someone else’s life. If you aren’t...

The New York Times on Officials: Ex-chief of Medicare broke law: Investigators want former head of the agency to return pay because of threats. The Bush administration illegally withheld data from Congress on the...

Iain Harrison of the The Sunday Post on Top-selling author says flawed vaccinations caused disease: Scientist blasts MoD over Gulf War Syndrome: AN award-winning scientist says his research into Gulf War Syndrome counters claims...

Update. A year after changing to a low-carb lifestyle, I'm sixty pounds lighter and much happier. Actually, I lost all that weight from June 2003 – October 2003. I've been in the maintenance phase...

New Scientist on Gulf war veterans have fertility problems: The largest ever survey of men who served in the 1990-1991 Gulf War has found that veterans are 40 to 50% less likely to be...

James Randerson, writing for NewScientist.com on Face transplants feasible – but not yet: An influential report on the ethics and feasibility of face transplants has decided on a "wait and see" approach. The UK...

Sandra Jontz of Stars and Stripes on Committee OKs bill to stop hospital meal charges: The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would stop the Pentagon’s practice of charging meals to troops...

Associated Press on New Law Passed to Block Concert Suicide: The St. Petersburg city council passed a law Monday designed to scuttle a rock group's plans to feature an onstage suicide. The hard-rock band...