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Two new studies in the journal Neurology suggest a link between service in the 1991 Gulf War and an increased risk of contracting ALS, the deadly and incurable illness better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The studies used different methods but came to the same conclusion: veterans of the...
From the weary voice at the other end, Fulvio Collovati knew right away that his buddy was in trouble. Since their days as teammates at Genoa a decade earlier in Italy's top football league, he and Gianluca Signorini telephoned each other often. But this time, Signorini, once a rugged...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the paralyzing disease that took the life of Yankee great Lou Gehrig, is showing up in Gulf War veterans at twice the rate it occurs in other military personnel. That's the conclusion of the Defense Department and the Veterans Administration after reviewing the medical records of...
ALS
A government report last week revealed that Gulf War veterans are nearly twice as likely to develop Lou Gehrig's disease as other military personnel. The numbers are tiny--only 40 to 80 Gulf War veterans have the fatal disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS--but the...