A small Canadian province feared it had a mystery neurological illness on its hands. The search for answers set off a battle ...

People who died with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease were more likely to have been prescribed antidepressants before neurologic symptoms started, a retrospective study in Austria showed. Compared ...

US News & World Report: Brian Appleby, professor of medicine and director of the university’s National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, explained how doctors can often identify Creutzfeldt ...

Canadians originally diagnosed with a mystery brain disease had other, well-known neurologic conditions, cross-sectional data suggested. The study assessed 25 of 222 cases listed in public health ...

Health officials in Hood River County, Ore., are investigating three cases of a rare and fatal brain disease known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Two people have died and a third person is showing ...

BOISE, Idaho - Tests show that an Elmore County man, presumed to have died from classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, did not have the illness, state health officials said Thursday. The results reduce to ...

CJD is caused by infectious proteins called prions. These proteins damage the brain and lead to fast-moving dementia. HealthDay News — Health officials in Hood River County, Oregon, are investigating ...