Latest Gulf War Syndrome Study: A Piece Of Fluff.

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Latest Gulf War Syndrome Study Casting Doubt On The

Existence Of The Illness Is Irresponsible And Wasteful

Science

 

By RFD Editor Nicholas Regush

 

This latest study of former soldiers amounts to a

piece of fluff. First, it was funded by the U.K.

Ministry of Defence, which therefore already has a

strike against it. Second, it is a questionnaire

study, which is suspect. Third, it concludes that no

single cause could be identified. This is hardly a big

surprise. Why would anyone think there is a single

cause of this syndrome of illnessess that soldiers

report? Furthermore, the type of study evidence being

pursued, without the benefit of sufficiently

understanding potential mechanisms involved that allow

for disease to develop, namely biological evidence, is

a waste of time and money. Another 50 studies of this

type will not amount to any clear direction. What is

badly needed is some clear thinking about the manner

in which the body fails to adapt to either combat

conditions or fear of combat. We take much too lightly

the trauma that can occur in the world of war.

Scientists involved in pursuing clues to Gulf War

Syndrome should probably spend a few months preparing

for war to get a better notion of the extraordinary

impact such preparation, and then later possible

combat, means when it comes to human health. Not to

mention the array of environmental conditions that

superimpose on this process once someone becomes fully

or partially engaged in war.