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Mar. 22, 2013
Scientists Search for Gulf War Illness Answers
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According to the Institute of Medicine as many as 250,000 of 700,000 veterans of the first Gulf War suffer from an array of unexplained medical ailments. Guests discuss the latest research on Gulf War illness and its treatment and why it’s been hard to pinpoint a cause.
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Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
Guests
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Lea Steele
Research Professor of Biomedical Studies
Director, Baylor Veterans Health Research Program
Member, Congressionally-Mandated federal Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses
(and was Scientific Director of the Committee from 2003-2008)
Baylor University
Waco, Texas -
Melissa A. Forsythe
Colonel (Ret), United States Army
Research Program Manager/Science Officer
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
Fort Detrick (Frederick), Maryland -
Frank Verloin deGruy III
Member, Institute of Medicine Committee on Gulf War and Health: Treatment for Chronic Multisymptom Illness
Woodward-Chisholm Professor and Chair
Department of Family Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado -
Anthony Hardie
Veteran, U.S. Army with 7 years active duty military service (including 1991 Gulf War)
Madison, Wisconsin


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