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Self-reported ill health in male UK Gulf War veterans: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2004
Background Forces deployed to the first Gulf War report more ill health than veterans who did not serve there. Many studies of post-Gulf morbidity are based on relatively small sample sizes and selection bias is often a concern.
Rebecca Simmons, Noreen Maconochie, Pat Doyle, C Unwin, M Hotopf, N Cherry, The Iowa Persian Gulf Study Group, T Ishoy, Military and Veterans Health Coordinating Board, AR Erickson, HM Kipen, S Reid, T Chalder, K Ismail, JD Knoke, N Maconochie, GC Gray, HK Kang, BN Doebbeling, FM Murphy, K Fukuda, RW Haley, HK Kang, GC Gray, GJ Macfarlane, GC Gray, M Hotopf, N Cherry, D Clauw   +28 more
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Progression of intervention-focused research for Gulf War illness

Military Medical Research, 2019
The Persian Gulf War of 1990 to 1991 involved the deployment of nearly 700,000 American troops to the Middle East. Deployment-related exposures to toxic substances such as pesticides, nerve agents, pyridostigmine bromide (PB), smoke from burning oil ...
Jeremy E. Chester, Mazhgan Rowneki, William Van Doren, Drew A. Helmer   +3 more
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An analysis of 2‐day cardiopulmonary exercise testing to assess unexplained fatigue

Physiological Reports, 2020
Two consecutive maximal cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPETs) performed 24 hr apart (2‐day CPET protocol) are increasingly used to evaluate post‐exertional malaise (PEM) and related disability among individuals with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic ...
Jacob B. Lindheimer, Thomas Alexander, Wei Qian, Jacquelyn C. Klein‐Adams, Gudrun Lange, Benjamin H. Natelson, Dane B. Cook, Helene Z. Hill, Michael J. Falvo   +8 more
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Evaluation of foot self-care status and foot screening problems in patients with diabetes in Iran: a national multicenter study

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2023
Background and purpose The lack of timely foot care among individuals with diabetics often lead to ulceration followed by infection and amputation. This study aimed to evaluate the foot self-care status and foot screening practices among patients with ...
Mohammad Reza Amini, Mahnaz Sanjari, Mohamad Reza Mohajeri Tehrani, Ensieh Nasli, Leila Yazdanpanah, Zohreh Mousavi, Farzad Forghan, Neda Valizadeh, Mohammad Hossein Gozashti, Mohammad Afkhami-Ardekani, Mansour Siavash, Katayoun Vahdat, Abbas Shamsi, Donya Sadeghi, Bagher Larijani, Neda Mehrdad, Maryam Aalaa   +16 more
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ECOLOGY AND VIOLENCE: THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS OF WAR [PDF]

, 2004
Research reported by Thomas Homer-Dixon characterizes five social effects that can significantly increase the likelihood of violence in the emerging world, effects that are far deeper than can be controlled by security forces: (1) constrained ...
Fort, Timothy L., Schipani, Cindy A.
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Key target genes related to anti-breast cancer activity of ATRA: A network pharmacology, molecular docking and experimental investigation

Heliyon
All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) has promising activity against breast cancer. However, the exact mechanisms of ATRA's anticancer effects remain complex and not fully understood.
Hamed Manoochehri, Maryam Farrokhnia, Mohsen Sheykhhasan, Hanie Mahaki, Hamid Tanzadehpanah   +4 more
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Extracellular vesicles in cancer immunotherapy: Therapeutic, challenges and clinical progress

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Cancer is a major global concern due to its high mortality rate. Tumor immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment. However, low response rates and immune-related complications remain challenges.
Hamed Manoochehri, Anita S. La'ah, Ali Babaeizad, Mohsen Sheykhhasan, Mohadeseh Rostamipoor, Mahdiyeh Abbaspoor, Fariba Nikravesh, Samira Mozaffari Khosravi, Hanie Mahaki, Hamid Tanzadehpanah, Piao Yang   +10 more
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Pro-inflammatory responses after peptide-based cancer immunotherapy

Heliyon
Therapeutic vaccinations are designed to prevent cancer by inducing immune responses against tumor antigens. in cancer cells, tumor-associated antigens (TAA) or tumor-specific (mutated) derived peptides are presented within the clefts of main ...
Hanie Mahaki, Hassan Ravari, Gholamhossein Kazemzadeh, Elham Lotfian, Rahele Amir Daddost, Amir Avan, Hamed Manoochehri, Mohsen Sheykhhasan, Reihaneh Alsadat Mahmoudian, Hamid Tanzadehpanah   +9 more
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Theoretical Accounts of Gulf War Syndrome: From Environmental Toxins to Psychoneuroimmunology and Neurodegeneration

Behavioural Neurology, 2002
Non-specific illness includes a wide variety of symptoms: behavioural (e.g., reduced food and water intake), cognitive (e.g., memory and concentration problems) and physiological (e.g., fever).
Eamonn Ferguson, Helen J. Cassaday
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Expanding on expansus: a new species of Scaphanocephalus from North America and the Caribbean based on molecular and morphological data

Parasitology
Members of the genus Scaphanocephalus mature in accipitrids, particularly osprey, Pandion haliaetus, with metacercaria causing Black Spot Syndrome in reef fishes.
Sean A. Locke, Dana M. Calhoun, José M. Valencia Cruz, Erika T. Ebbs, Sandra C. Díaz Pernett, Vasyl V. Tkach, John M. Kinsella, Mark A. Freeman, Christopher A. Blanar, Pieter T. J. Johnson   +9 more
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