Only three diseases qualify for children of Agent Orange victims to be recognized as patients with aftereffects, and no government health impact survey has ever been conducted for grandchildren and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Vietnam War-era veterans exposed to Agent Orange appear to have significantly more Graves' disease, a thyroid disorder, than veterans with no exposure, a new study by endocrinologists ...

WASHINGTON - An independent study by the Institute of Medicine last month resulted in broadened health coverage by the Veterans Affairs Department for Vietnam War veterans who were exposed to Agent ...

Soldiers exposed to the Vietnam War-era defoliant Agent Orange have a higher risk of a rare form of bone marrow cancer, a major new study has found. The study found that people exposed to Agent Orange ...

More than 50 years after Agent Orange was used in Vietnam, a new national study published in Blood Advances highlights the genetic changes that link exposure to Agent Orange to myelodysplastic ...

“This study has been a personal quest,” said Mikkael Sekeres, M.D., chief of hematology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. “I see veterans who develop these conditions and need expensive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Individuals exposed to Agent Orange exhibited significantly higher risk for MDS. Exposure appeared associated ...

The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. But millions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A soldier participates in the Norwegian Foot March at Fort Ord National Monument, in Monterey County, California, Oct. 28, 2022.

An attorney for a Miami chess teacher accused of molesting a 6-year-old student made a number of health claims during the man's court appearance, including that he suffers from exposure to Agent ...

While this study does not prove cause and effect, it provides the strongest data to date linking Agent Orange exposure with more aggressive disease. “We’re hoping that the Institute of Medicine will ...