For a listing of all major events on IU's eight campuses, access the All IU Events Calendar from our Web site . In a study of 18,495 men and women who served on active duty during the Gulf War, Dr. Kurt Kroenke, professor of medicine at the IU Medical Center in Indianapolis and senior research scientist at the Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, and his colleagues found no clear evidence of an association between exposure to toxic substances and the symptoms that have been labeled by some as Gulf War illnesses, including joint pain, fatigue, rashes and sleep disorders. The veterans were asked to report what they perceived as possible toxic exposures during the conflict. Among those mentioned most often were exposures to fuel, passive cigarette smoke, an antidote to battlefield chemicals, fumes from tent heaters, oil fire smoke, personal pesticides, anthrax immunization, botulism immunization, and medication to prevent malaria. Other studies have shown that health complaints or symptoms increase after stressful experiences such as an earthquake or war.
Survivors are likely to suffer sleep disturbance or depression.
The findings appear in the August issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior . In contrast, researchers reported that Swedish men exhibited a low-risk behavior profile. Fewer differences in AIDS prevention behaviors were noted between American and Swedish women. The results were reported in the Aug. 13 issue of the journal Nature . Liverworts were previously considered one of the candidates for the first land plant, but there was no way to tell for sure because there was no fossil evidence.