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DALLAS researchers have found signs of brain damage in Gulf War veterans who
claim to have severe neurological problems (�鶹��ý, 4 December
1999, p 10). Robert Haley, an epidemiologist at Texas South Western University
Medical Centre, and his radiologist colleague James Fleckenstein scanned the
basal ganglia of 18 patients using magnetic resonance spectroscopy. They
compared their findings with 18 healthy people from the same navy unit. The
density of neurons was significantly lower in the veterans with memory and
balance problems. I asked defence ministers to comment on these signs of
physical injury among these Gulf War veterans.…