X-Message-Number: 24036
From: "Mark Plus" <>
Subject: Military service a risk factor for ALS?
Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 09:47:19 -0700

http://www.nature.com/nsu/040426/040426-13.html

Combat raises risk of rare disorder
Chemical cause sought for damage to soldiers' nerves.
30 April 2004
EMILY SINGER


Men who have served in the US military are 60% more likely to develop a 
fatal muscle-wasting disease than civilians, research suggests. The study 
hints that all military personnel are at increased risk, not just those who 
served in the first Gulf War.

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