5-year study: no brain injuries in Havana Syndrome patients.
Researchers using advanced neuroimaging find no evidence of brain damage in victims of Havana Syndrome.
Many victims met the criteria for functional neurological disorders that were likely brought on by stress.The most comprehensive study ever conducted on Havana Syndrome patients found no evidence of secret weapons or foreign conspiracies for the health complaints that plagued American Embassy staff in Cuba starting in late 2016, according to a study published this month in theThe study, by Chan et al., used advanced imaging techniques to examine the brains of victims.
During the NIH press briefing, it was noted that researchers could not study these subjects further, as there were just a handful, and Relman failed to provide them with their names. Any attempts to try and spin these new findings as inconclusive or to claim that the Havana Syndrome mystery continues is lipstick on a pig. No matter how hard you try to alter its appearance, at the end of the day, it’s still a pig.Chan, Leighton et al. Clinical, Biomarker, and Research Tests Among US Government Personnel and Their Family Members Involved in Anomalous Health Incidents.Della Sala S., McIntosh R.D., Cubelli R, Kacmarski JA, Miskey HM, Shura RD.
Öhman L. All ears: adults’ and children’s earwitness testimony. Sweden: Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg; 2013Ragini, V., Swanson, R., Parker, D., Ismail, A., Shinohara, R., Alappatt, J., Doshi, J., Davatzikos, C., Gallaway, M., Duda, D., Chen, H. I., Kim, J. J., Gur, R. C., Wolf, R. L., Grady, M.S., Hampton, S., Diaz-Arrastia, R., & Smith, D. H. . Neuroimaging findings in US government personnel with possible exposure to directional phenomena in Havana, Cuba.
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