Case Western Reserve University

Iron imbalance likely leads to brain cell death in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

An iron imbalance caused by prion proteins collecting in the brain is a likely cause of cell death in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine ...
KGW8

Hood River County health officials say 2 deaths linked to rare brain disease

PORTLAND, Ore. — Health officials in Hood River County confirmed Monday that two local deaths have been linked to a rare brain disease within the last eight months. During that period, the county said ...
Yahoo

The exceptionally rare disease that causes holes to form in your brain

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Magnetic resonance imaging ...
FOX 10 Phoenix

3 cases of rare brain disease found in Oregon; 2 deaths reported

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 ...
Gizmodo

A Mad Cow-Like Prion Disease Has Killed Two People and Sickened a Third in Same Oregon Town

Three people in Hood River County have contacted Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease over the span of eight months, an unusual pattern for an incredibly rare disease. Reading time 3 minutes A small Oregon ...
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American woman died of a mad-cow-like disease that lay dormant for 50 years: All you need to know

Sometimes life feels fine until the tragedy strikes and you realise that it was in the cards. An American woman recently died from an incurable prion disease that she had caught 50 years before. In a ...