BUSPH Researchers Awarded $1.7M Grant to Test Treatment for Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses

BUSPH researchers will test intranasal administration of insulin, which has the advantage of direct access to the brain and avoids problems associated with orally administered medications. (Photo by Flickr user illuminaut)

The BU School of Public Health will work with Veterans Affairs researchers in Boston and the Bronx to test whether intranasal insulin helps to alleviate Gulf War illness, a multi-symptom condition marked by fatigue, headaches, joint pain, memory and other cognitive problems. [More..]