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::. Appears to violate ] because it is a single study rather than a ] covering a biomedical topic. Also the text we added to the article is quite technical. I'm leaning toward removing it, but figured I'd come to the talk page first. Single studies can be quite untrustworthy, ] where I talk about this a bit. As a compromise, we could condense the added text down to one sentence, for example, "A 2022 study found a possible link between GWS and exposure to low levels of sarin, which was released into the air by coalition bombing of Iraqi chemical weapons facilities." The lower weight and addition of the word "possibly" would make our text more reflective of the potential inaccuracy of the study. –] <small>(])</small> 04:43, 12 May 2022 (UTC) ::. Appears to violate ] because it is a single study rather than a ] covering a biomedical topic. Also the text we added to the article is quite technical. I'm leaning toward removing it, but figured I'd come to the talk page first. Single studies can be quite untrustworthy, ] where I talk about this a bit. As a compromise, we could condense the added text down to one sentence, for example, "A 2022 study found a possible link between GWS and exposure to low levels of sarin, which was released into the air by coalition bombing of Iraqi chemical weapons facilities." The lower weight and addition of the word "possibly" would make our text more reflective of the potential inaccuracy of the study. –] <small>(])</small> 04:43, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
:::If I'm not mistaken, you would have to gut virtually the entire page and start from scratch (]) in order to satisfy the ] criterion for inclusion.] (]) 04:56, 12 May 2022 (UTC) :::If I'm not mistaken, you would have to gut virtually the entire page and start from scratch (]) in order to satisfy the ] criterion for inclusion.] (]) 04:56, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
::::Why have you not updated this? This has been conclusively proven to the be the cause, just like in 2021 Prof Randall Parrish conclusively proved that depleted uranium had nothing to do with causing Gulf War Illness. Why is this page still titled Gulf War Syndrome about a decade after it was renamed Gulf War Illness, which is an upgrade of the term syndrome. There is no potential inaccuracy of the study unless you are with the ICBUW who went out soliciting naysayers because they really like to falsely claim that depleted uranium has caused Gulf War Syndrome and thousands of soldier deaths. It really helps them sell their big lie which began with Saddam Hussein's propagandists in 1991 and still lives today in Misplaced Pages. ] (]) 23:12, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

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Contradiction on PTSD incidence between paragraph 2 & 4

Paragraph 2 says: From 1995 to 2005, the health of combat veterans worsened in comparison with nondeployed veterans, with the onset of more new chronic diseases, . . . posttraumatic stress disorder (emphasis added)

Paragraph 4 says: Studies have consistently indicated that . . . Gulf War veterans have lower rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than veterans of other wars. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:285:8200:D250:7176:89E6:7AC3:59EA (talk) 02:37, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

IOM sources

— Preceding unsigned comment added by WLU (talkcontribs)

Do Iraqi soldiers suffer from Gulf War Syndrome?

As above. I'm quite surprised that nobody appears to have addressed this issue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.136.111.169 (talk) 21:53, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Possible typo

It seems there is a typo in the name used by the Veteran's affairs office. The phrase "medically unexplained illnesses" appears twice in a row.

Current: "Gulf War veterans' medically unexplained illnesses, medically unexplained illnesses, chronic multi-symptom illness (CMI)"

Suggested: "Gulf War veterans' medically unexplained illnesses, chronic multi-symptom illness (CMI)"

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68.185.39.54 (talk) 06:12, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Is Gulf War Syndrome related to Burn Pits?

I was led here after watching a medical video regarding the phenomenon of increased incidence of cancer in US servicemembers exposed to the practice of incinerating garbage, chemicals, UXO, etc. in Burn Pits using benzene-containing JP-8, and I'm looking at the 1991 photo on the Burn Pit page and going "hmmm". Dionaeahouse (talk) 01:22, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

New study apparently confirming that sarin exposure was responsible + genetic factor in the form of GWS sufferers having a less effective version of the PON1 gene

Sarin gas blamed for Gulf War syndrome (BBC News, 11 May 2022) Now, the Beeb is a (mostly) reliable source, but should we or shouldn't we wait for a few more sources to provide coverage before adding this? - Dvaderv2 (talk) 08:51, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

I'm reading through the study now and I definitely think that it deserves to be included here in some form.TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 21:02, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
Diff. Appears to violate WP:MEDRS because it is a single study rather than a review article covering a biomedical topic. Also the text we added to the article is quite technical. I'm leaning toward removing it, but figured I'd come to the talk page first. Single studies can be quite untrustworthy, here's an essay where I talk about this a bit. As a compromise, we could condense the added text down to one sentence, for example, "A 2022 study found a possible link between GWS and exposure to low levels of sarin, which was released into the air by coalition bombing of Iraqi chemical weapons facilities." The lower weight and addition of the word "possibly" would make our text more reflective of the potential inaccuracy of the study. –Novem Linguae (talk) 04:43, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
If I'm not mistaken, you would have to gut virtually the entire page and start from scratch (WP:TNT) in order to satisfy the review article criterion for inclusion.TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 04:56, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
Why have you not updated this? This has been conclusively proven to the be the cause, just like in 2021 Prof Randall Parrish conclusively proved that depleted uranium had nothing to do with causing Gulf War Illness. Why is this page still titled Gulf War Syndrome about a decade after it was renamed Gulf War Illness, which is an upgrade of the term syndrome. There is no potential inaccuracy of the study unless you are with the ICBUW who went out soliciting naysayers because they really like to falsely claim that depleted uranium has caused Gulf War Syndrome and thousands of soldier deaths. It really helps them sell their big lie which began with Saddam Hussein's propagandists in 1991 and still lives today in Misplaced Pages. 76.210.138.86 (talk) 23:12, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
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