News tagged with 'Vietnam'

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a common brain change seen in about one in five veterans returning from Iraq and Afganistan. Now researchers are scanning the brain and are able to see subtle traumatic brain injuries - the first step to effective treatment for all kinds of neurological disorders that come from trauma.

Forty years later, the U.S. government will add three ailments to the list of those caused by exposure to Agent Orange, the toxic herbicide sprayed in the jungles of Vietnam during Operation Ranch Hand. The recongition could mean disability benefits for an additional 200,000 military personnel

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.