News tagged with 'Head and Brain Injuries'

Patients in a two hospitals in Denver and New Orleans may have been unintentionally exposed to the brain disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob, the human form of mad cow disease. Fourteen patients underwent medical procedures where tainted surgical instruments where used. The form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob that the patients may have

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the latest Alzheimer's fatality numbers. The results were alarming. However, CDC officials note that a change in the reporting criteria for Alzheimer's was to blame for much of the increase. By changing the Alzheimer's disease classification to inc

A report issued recently in the Archives of Neurology claims that mild episodes of memory loss that were once thought to be a normal part of aging may in fact be the first signs of Alzheimer's. The journal cited a report in which researchers found that such memory loss usually progresses into full blown Alzheimer's.