Truthdig - 19 hours ago
The Department of Veterans Affairs was accused before Congress this week of numerous accounts of negligence, including hiding or obscuring research data involving Gulf War veterans and failing to treat former soldiers outright. For example, roughly 2,000 ...
Daily Beast - Mar 13, 2013
Gil Roman, a Gulf War veteran, in his war room with the medication he takes to combat symptoms associated with Gulf War syndrome. He takes 15 medications twice a day. Roman retired a full colonel in 1994. (Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post, via Getty) ...
Washington Post - Mar 13, 2013
WASHINGTON — At a hearing examining the state of health research into Gulf War illness, a former VA researcher accused the department of minimizing the problem and voiced concerns that it was not following up properly with veterans who indicated in ...
Examiner.com - Mar 14, 2013
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) writes that a prominent condition which affects many Gulf War Veterans is a cluster of medically unexplained chronic symptoms that can include fatigue, headaches, joint pain, indigestion, insomnia, ...
Baylor University - Mar 15, 2013
Lea Steele, Ph.D., research professor in the Baylor Institute of Biomedical Studies, focused on Gulf War illness and said the VA has been slow to clearly and accurately acknowledge the problem and has failed to establish an effective and strategic scientific ...
Forbes - Mar 13, 2013
As the principal investigator on a 20-year study of 30,000 Gulf War veterans, Coughlin claims his requests made last year to have mental health providers contact the study participants were met with retaliation from superiors. Coughlin said he was asked to ...
Sacramento Bee - Mar 15, 2013
In testimony this week before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, several witnesses claimed that VA has consistently failed to treat the multi-symptomatic disease known as Gulf War Illness (GWI) or Gulf ...
Washington Post (blog) - Mar 13, 2013
“Research on the health of Gulf War Veterans has been and continues to be a priority for VA,” the agency said in a statement. “The Department depends on this research to inform our decisions and guide our efforts in caring for Gulf War Veterans.
USA TODAY - Mar 13, 2013
"This applies to data regarding adverse health consequences of environmental exposures, such as burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, and toxic exposures in the Gulf War," Coughlin said. "On the rare occasions when embarrassing study results are released, ...
Pocono Record - 14 hours ago
Gulf War veteran Paul Sullivan, a former senior VA project manager who became a leader in veterans causes and now works on those issues at the Washington area law firm of Bergmann and Moore, said in an interview, "The VA's claim delays and error rate ...
Hartford Courant - Mar 13, 2013
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs suppressed information that showed links between health problems of veterans and the dangers they were exposed to in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Gulf War, according to a whistleblower who testified to a House panel ...
Fox News - Mar 13, 2013
"Research on the health of Gulf War Veterans has been and continues to be a priority for VA. The Department depends on this research to inform our decisions and guide our efforts in caring for Gulf War Veterans. All allegations of malfeasance are taken ...
KXXV News Channel 25 - Mar 14, 2013
In a congressional hearing Wednesday, Steven Coughlin accuses VA of ignoring study results from environmental health consequences coming from Iraq, Afghanistan and theGulf War. Coughlin mentions burn pits that can expose toxic chemicals to soldiers.
San Francisco Chronicle - Mar 15, 2013
The VA also has made it easier for veterans to file claims for PTSD and Gulf War illness, Taylor said. In a separate statement, the agency argued that it "consistently provides our numbers during congressional hearings and briefings. What is not available ...
Military.com - Mar 14, 2013
Steven Coughlin, who had worked more than four years for the VA before quitting over “serious ethical concerns” in December, said in testimony that leadership in the agency's public health office did not want to find or reveal evidence that Gulf War illness and ...
AirForceTimes.com - Mar 13, 2013
Coughlin worked on two large population studies for VA, including a Gulf War study and the National Health Study of a New Generation before he resigned in protest last December over the handling of his work, he said. Coughlin's laundry list of charges ...
Huffington Post - Mar 14, 2013
He said the growth was due to a combination of increasing numbers of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans returning home, broadening claims for PTSD and Gulf War illness, and new guidelines allowing Vietnam vets to request compensation for complications due ...
Newser - Mar 13, 2013
Coughlin cites data related to "burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, and toxic exposures in the Gulf War," USA Today reports. Research that would back claims of Gulf War illness is frequently hidden, he says. A 2010 study in which Coughlin was involved went ...
Evansville Courier & Press - Mar 13, 2013
This is a wonderful opportunity for family members of veterans, fellow veterans, or young people to interview a veteran of World War II, the Korean, Vietnam, or Persian Gulf Wars, or the most recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. These histories are compiled ...
TopNews United States - Mar 14, 2013
... care provided for Gulf War veterans. Around 200,000 Gulf War veterans are reported to be suffering from chronic multi-symptom conditions that are characterized by headaches, fatigue, widespread pain, gastrointestinal problems and cognitive difficulties. » ...
AllGov - Mar 15, 2013
Coughlin's research focused on the relationship between exposure to burn pits and cases of asthma and bronchitis among Afghanistan and Iraq veterans, including those who fought in the 1991 Gulf War. He said that his superior instructed him not to examine ...
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