1.   But veterans groups, who have long argued that their members are afflicted by unexplained illnesses collectively dubbed Gulf War Syndrome, were ecstatic.

2.   DeProspo said he began to see a pattern after Barrack conferred with him about his own cancer case and described other IBM workers with unexplained illnesses.

3.   Flappan also has been called to schools, offices and nursing homes where there have been unexplained illnesses.

4.   It was barely two pages long, about a few cases of unexplained illness on the other side of the country.

5.   The drug, pyridostigmine bromide, has since been cited in some studies as a possible cause of the unexplained illnesses known collectively as Persian Gulf war syndrome.

6.   Though unexplained illnesses still bothered her, she was controlling most of the symptoms with a proper diet, allergy shots and asthma medication.

7.   A study published in May in the British Medical Journal suggested a link between multiple vaccines given to soldiers deployed in the Persian Gulf War and the unexplained illnesses.

8.   It also asked doctors to report unexplained illnesses after such surgeries.

9.   Scores of other countries soon afterward announced they would also begin screening their troops for depleted uranium exposure and unexplained illnesses.

10.   The Pentagon has agreed to review a study that could help answer why thousands of military personnel who served during the Gulf War have unexplained illnesses.