Definite diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in living patients remains a challenge. A test that detects the specific marker for Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, the prion protein (PrP CJD), by ...

People who died with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease were more likely to have been prescribed antidepressants before ...

Accounting for 85 percent of cases, sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a type of dementia that typically first appears between the ages of 60 to 65. Yet, according to the national health service, ...

Health officials have confirmed that a patient who underwent neurosurgery at a New Hampshire hospital earlier this year had Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. The death, and suspicions that the patient may ...

Doctors and hospital officials from Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, are notifying 18 neurosurgery patients that they might have been exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob ...

The Canadian province of New Brunswick is grappling with a cluster of patients suffering from a mysterious neurologic disease that to date has afflicted more than three dozen of its residents.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare form of degenerative brain disorder that leads to a rapid decrease of mental function and movement. CJD occurs, approximately, in 1 out of 1 million people.

A new report says a Rochester, NY., hunter may have developed an ultra-rare brain infection after eating the brains of squirrels he killed, according LiveScience. The report was presented at the ID ...

THE PRION DISEASES POSE UNIQUE SCIENTIFIC, medical, veterinary and regulatory challenges. Here, we summarize current information bearing on the natural history, pathobiology and epidemiology of these ...