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Search results for "Lou Gehrig's" ...
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Concussion Crisis
The stories examine the seriousness of concussions among athletes in youth and professional sports. Safety inadequacies in hundreds of thousands of football helmets have led to brain trauma and more.
Tags: football; football helmets; NFL; brain damage; Lou Gehrig's
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An Anthrax Dilemma
This investigation examined several aspects of the military's anthrax vaccination program and found that the military was not completely honest about the health and safety ramifications of the inoculations. For instance, the military did not report more than 20,000 hospitalizations that were caused by vaccinations. Nor did the military report deaths that followed the vaccinations.
Tags: anthrax; disease; military; vaccination; inoculation; federal government; hospitals; doctors; Lou Gehrig's Disease; veterans
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Danger Dismissed: How the Pentagon downplays the risks of depleted uranium weapons
Evans discovers that the veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War "have a disability rate three times as high as that of Vietnam and World War II veterans," and that this trend may be the result of using depleted uranium weapons. His eight-chapter series takes an in-depth look at the science of depleted uranium weapons, centralizing his focus around Matt Rohman, a Gulf War veteran who lives every day in pain. Evans explores different concepts of radiobiology, geology, radiation physics, and health science, and takes a look at what depleted uranium weapons could mean for today's soldier.
Tags: depleted uranium weapons; Pentagon; Gulf War Syndrome; Gulf War illness; war-related illness; ill veterans; nerve disorders; Lou Gehrig's disease; nuclear weapons; chronic fatigue; bystander effect; radioactive dust; military munitions; depleted uranium exposure; veterans with cancer; pyridostigmine bromide; chemical weapons; biological weapons; Fort Eustis; C-4 plastic explosive
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Mystery Illness
KENS-TV investigates the astronomical number of people diagnosed with neuromuscular diseases in Huntsville, Texas. KENS-TV discovers that the diseases stem from a secret germ warfare experiment the U.S. government performed at the Huntsville prison in the 1970s.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; Huntsville; Texas; neuromuscular diseases germ warfare; health; prison; death; Lou Gehrig's; Lupus