Fifty years after serving in the United States military, hundreds of Americans have a reason to believe they may be dying from a silent killer. Test results show some of the men may have been infected by a parasite while fighting in Southeast Asia. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ordered a small study of military veterans. The department wanted to investigate a possible link between a rare form of bile duct cancer and parasitic worms called liver fluke. The small organisms can enter the body when someone eats raw or uncooked fish. Many years can pass before signs of infection appear. By then, those who have been infected are often in severe pain, and have just a few months to live.
Title: Study: Parasite May Be Killing US Soldiers Who Fought in Vietnam
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2247/vietnam_parasite.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Study: Parasite May Be Killing US Soldiers Who Fought in Vietnam' data-article-id='2764'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12438'>Fifty years after serving in the United States military, hundreds of Americans have a reason to believe they may be dying from a silent killer.</span> <span data-start-time='12438' data-end-time='23500'>Test results show some of the men may have been infected by a parasite while fighting in Southeast Asia.</span> <span data-start-time='23500' data-end-time='33396'>Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ordered a small study of military veterans.</span> <span data-start-time='33396' data-end-time='47708'>The department wanted to investigate a possible link between a rare form of bile duct cancer and parasitic worms called liver fluke.</span> <span data-start-time='47708' data-end-time='56375'>The small organisms can enter the body when someone eats raw or uncooked fish.</span> <span data-start-time='56375' data-end-time='62375'>Many years can pass before signs of infection appear.</span> <span data-start-time='62375' data-end-time='73167'>By then, those who have been infected are often in severe pain, and have just a few months to live.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' 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