A small Canadian province feared it had a mystery neurological illness on its hands. The search for answers set off a battle ...
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment: By Anjali Srivastava Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is a rare and serious neurological condition that leads to rapid mental and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A 27-year active surveillance study of 5222 UK children identified six children with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD); the last two children developed symptoms in 2000 and died in 2003. "In ...
Affecting both people and animals, prion diseases are degenerative brain disorders that can debilitate or kill their victims. The most common form of prion disease affecting humans is sporadic ...
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 ...