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Scientists On Alert As Illness With Rapid Dementia Symptoms Emerges
CJD symptoms are similar to those of Alzheimer's disease but worsen much faster, often leading to death within a year.
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Human Form Of "Mad Cow" Disease Detectable In Skin: Study
Abnormal proteins involved in the brain-destroying Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a human form of "mad cow" disease, are detectable in the skin, researchers said Wednesday, raising new concerns about transmission.
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Alzheimer's May Get Transmitted Through 'Medical Accidents'
Fears are growing that Alzheimer's may be passed from person to person after researchers reported a second case suggesting the disease could be transmitted by 'medical accidents'.
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New Drug Offers Hope in Fight Against Mad Cow Disease: Report
A new drug compound could lead to a breakthrough in the fight against bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the incurable brain-wasting disease also known as mad cow disease, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Australian Gets Fatal 'One-In-A-Million' Brain Disease
An Australian has been diagnosed with a deadly "one-in-a-million" degenerative brain condition, but authorities today stressed it was unrelated to mad cow disease and not contagious.
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Scientists On Alert As Illness With Rapid Dementia Symptoms Emerges
CJD symptoms are similar to those of Alzheimer's disease but worsen much faster, often leading to death within a year.
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Human Form Of "Mad Cow" Disease Detectable In Skin: Study
Abnormal proteins involved in the brain-destroying Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a human form of "mad cow" disease, are detectable in the skin, researchers said Wednesday, raising new concerns about transmission.
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Alzheimer's May Get Transmitted Through 'Medical Accidents'
Fears are growing that Alzheimer's may be passed from person to person after researchers reported a second case suggesting the disease could be transmitted by 'medical accidents'.
-
New Drug Offers Hope in Fight Against Mad Cow Disease: Report
A new drug compound could lead to a breakthrough in the fight against bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the incurable brain-wasting disease also known as mad cow disease, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Australian Gets Fatal 'One-In-A-Million' Brain Disease
An Australian has been diagnosed with a deadly "one-in-a-million" degenerative brain condition, but authorities today stressed it was unrelated to mad cow disease and not contagious.
