Veterans Day Research Open House - Gulf War Illness, TBI, PTSD

The Roskamp Institute in Sarasota, FL is hosting a *virtual* open house event on Veterans Day, November 11, 2020 with a special invitation to veterans and members of the military. All are welcome to attend this event.

Highlighting the work at The Roskamp Institute and Clinic and showcasing research programs on:

Traumatic Brain Injury

Gulf War Illness

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Also featuring a live Q-and-A with our top researchers on these topics.

For details and to RSVP for the event: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_otczati0RgeR_9iGfuUPNA

Gulf War Veteran Survey Now Open

 

The Nova Southeastern survey study of Gulf War veterans is open for a limited time.  

If you have already taken it already, don't take it again. There are two parts.

Research Finds Gulf War Pesticide Associated with Immune Response in Gulf War Illness

 A permethrin metabolite is associated with immune responses in Gulf War Illness

(Sarasota, FL - Roskamp Institute) - Gulf War Illness remains difficult to diagnose and treat since exposure to Gulf War chemicals happened nearly 30 years ago.  Many studies now provide strong support that pesticide exposure during the Gulf War is one of the key factors in causing GWI. 

This recent work at the Roskamp Institute shows that the pesticides used during the 1991 Gulf War can cause the body to negatively react to its own proteins that play important roles in supporting bodily functions. 

Treatment Research Studies for 1990-91 Gulf War Veterans

(91outcomes.com - August 18, 2020)  There are several important resources for veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War interested in participating in treatment research studies.

Individual Studies

There are numerous individual clinical trials and other studies around the U.S. that are actively recruiting veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War.  Below are several resources to find them.

**Action Alert** Call on Your Senators to Continue Gulf War Treatment Research

(91outcomes.com) - The treatment-focused Gulf War Illness research program expires at the end of this fiscal year.  The goal is to continue to grow this critically important treatment development research for the nearly one-third of Gulf War veterans debilitated by Gulf War Illness.

It parallels the effort in the U.S. House that just concluded, led by Rep. Gregorio Sablan (D-NMI) and Rep. Jack Bergman, LtGen, USMC (Ret.) (R-Mich.) with 108 bipartisan cosigners including the leadership and many members of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee.

Help Grow Gulf War Illness Treatment Research

(91outcomes.com) - The treatment-focused Gulf War Illness research program expires at the end of this fiscal year.  The goal is to continue to grow this critically important treatment development research for the nearly one-third of Gulf War veterans debilitated by Gulf War Illness.

Veterans with Gulf War Illness have widespread brain inflammation, new study shows

SOURCE:  https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/02/17/veterans-with-gulf-war-syndrome-have-widespread-brain-inflammation-new-study-shows/

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ARCHIVED ARTICLE:

By ALEXI COHAN | alexi.cohan@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald

PUBLISHED: February 17, 2020 at 7:40 p.m. | UPDATED: February 17, 2020 at 8:14 p.m.

Veterans with Gulf War Syndrome have 

widespread brain inflammation, new study

shows

BOSTON, MA. – SEPTEMBER 20: Mass. General Hospital , September 20, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald) 

By ALEXI COHAN | alexi.cohan@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald

PUBLISHED: February 17, 2020 at 7:40 p.m. | UPDATED: February 17, 2020 at 8:14 p.m.

Veterans who fought against Iraq in the Gulf War and now battle debilitating symptoms of what’s been called Gulf War Syndrome have widespread inflammation in the brain, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital confirmed for the first time.

“We are documenting objective neurochemical changes in the brains of these people which is a way to validate their complaints,”

Highlights of Recent Gulf War Illness Research Findings

Highlights of GWIRP 2019-20 Peer-Reviewed Published Findings

Updated February 12, 2020

New results from a GWIRP-funded brain-imaging study in Boston provide the first direct evidence of neuroinflammation in veterans with GWI.  Based on early GWIRP-funded study results, a focus on identifying and confirming or denying the presence of persistent neuroinflammation in GWI has been a key GWIRP goal.  These results provide the first objective evidence confirming the relevance of neuroinflammation in GWI and that treatments should indeed be targeted at countering this neuroinflammation.[1]

Another key area of GWIRP-funded research has been related to role of the gut-brain axis in GWI.  A GWIRP-funded study also from Boston and also just published assessed the relationships between GWI, GI symptoms, gut microbiome and inflammatory markers in GWV from the Boston Gulf War Illness Consortium (GWIC).  Results showed