Known as Gulf War Syndrome, evidence presented by US researchers to a House of Lords select committee this week support the findings of a study by Dr Goran Jamal, neuroscience and psychological medicine, that found chemical changes in the brains of veteran.
The Times (20/06/02)

Virus comes back to haunt excesses of youth
The excesses of a hippy lifestyle may return to haunt some individuals, warns Dr Graham Foster,medicine. Speaking about the incidence of Hepatitis C, dubbed the silent killer in the run up to Hepatitis Awareness Day (29/06/02), he said the most significant proportion of those infected with the virus have a history of intravenous drug use. We are talking about middle-class, educated people in their thirties and forties who may have dabbled with intravenous drugs at university, he said. I see politicians, journalists and bank managers here.
The Times (25/06/02)

Catalyst for spin-out
Scientists will not reap the benefits of the UKs new entrepreneurial climate in biotech unless they become more business savvy, reports the Financial Times (24/06/02). However, the governments £55m university challenge scheme, launched in 1998, is providing a crucial catalyst according to Brian Graves, head of physical sciences and engineering at IC Innovations, the technology transfer arm of Imperial. The ability to fund spin-outs prior to venture capital rounds is one of the most important changes, he said.

Playing the economy
Despite the American football teams strong performance in this years World Cup, all is not plain sailing when it comes to football. In the land of the free market, there is not much of a market when it comes to sport, said Dr Stefan Szymanski, management school. Theres an awful lot of regulation and very stark constraints, whereas in Europe we allow almost no intervention at all.
Christian Science Monitor (19/06/02).

The Wall Street Journal Europe(28/06/02) quoted Dr Stefan Syzmanski further. In North America, sports franchises dont need to worry about losing their spot to relegation, he said, but in Europe, clubs spend beyond their means. They have to stay in the top division in order to make money, so they spend to make it a profit three years down the line. If they dont spend now, they may well be relegated and lose out on a great deal of money.