The incurable disease was first detected in Louisiana in 2022. With no vaccine, Louisiana has worked with hunters to track ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window People who died with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease were more likely to have been prescribed antidepressants before ...

"There have been several studies in which there has been iatrogenic transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by exposure to brain tissue," he observed. Between 1959 and 1985, cadaver-derived ...

Background: Establishing a confident clinical diagnosis before an advanced stage of illness can be difficult in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) but unlike common causes of dementia, prion diseases ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission and the state Department of Agriculture announced Friday two deer have tested positive for ...

CJD is rare but fatal. The UK NHS lists possible symptoms including loss of intellect and memory, changes in personality, ...

In humans, a very similar disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob causes slow degeneration of the brain. It is believed that mad cow disease in humans is a new variant of that disease. How common is mad cow ...

Dr Lopes, who wasn't involved in the new report, said: "The abnormal prions responsible for CWD are similar to those causing other prion diseases, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).

Explore a new study linking SSRI use to sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Mood changes suggest early neurodegeneration.

Patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease generally face inevitable neurological decline and death. But, researchers are following closely the case of UK teenager Jonathan Simms, whose symptoms have ...

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.