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 ...

August 24, 2010 — A novel sporadic prion protein disease, variably protease-sensitive prionopathy (VPSPr), with distinct features has been described as the first new prion disease since sporadic ...

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Two recent cases of prion disease in the U.S. may have been caused by contaminated deer meat, though the connection is still unproven. reading time 3 minutes A new study might point to the first signs ...

Further evidence validating tests for both sporadic or classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and variant CJD (vCJD) has been reported in 2 new studies, both published recently in JAMA Neurology. The ...

The Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is a much-publicized prion disease that is linked to infection with BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) prions and is distinct from sporadic or ...

As of Dec. 1, 2003, 153 cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) were reported: 143 in the United Kingdom, 6 in France, and 1 each in Italy, Canada, Ireland, and the United States. Nearly all ...

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MILFORD, MI – A Michigan woman whose family has been devastated by a rare genetic brain disease over generations is opening up on dealing with grief and end-of-life care. Jen Nimsick sat down with ...