Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is one of the most mysterious neurological disorders known to medicine. As recent discussions have spotlighted its damage to the brain, perhaps the most central question that ...

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 ...

In a small community in northern Oregon, health officials have reported three cases of a rare and fatal brain disorder known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Two people have died, making local ...

Everything was normal for Arlene VonMyhr, until it wasn’t. VonMyhr, 55, and her husband, Gary, celebrated the University of Michigan clinching a national championship on Jan. 8. That night, she woke ...

It started with small symptoms at first. Jen Nimsick noticed her mother had a slight tremor and issues walking, but she knew what it meant. Over the next nine months, Nimsick watched as a rare genetic ...

Two people are believed to have died of a rare, incurable brain disease within months of each other in a single Oregon county. Health officials said in a recent statement that three cases of ...

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CASPER — In 2022, a 72-year-old Wyoming hunter with a penchant for venison was suddenly beset by bouts of confusion and aggression, which later proved to be the symptoms of a central nervous system ...

Two people have died and a third remains under investigation after health officials in Hood River County identified multiple cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a rare but deadly brain disorder ...