News tagged with 'Parkinsons Disease'

A new report by the Institute of Medicine suggests exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides sprayed by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War might put veterans at increased risk for heart disease and Parkinson's.

In what could be a major breakthrough in the race for a Parkinson's disease cure, researchers announced this week that embryonic stem cells injected into the brains of rats with the disorder helped alleviate symptoms. Harvard Medical School researchers and doctors at McLean Hospital in Massachusetts found that embryon