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.

CJD is rare but fatal. The UK NHS lists possible symptoms including loss of intellect and memory, changes in personality, ...

According to the Mayo Clinic, there are several common symptoms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. They include sudden jerky movements, memory loss, insomnia, blurry vision or blindness, personality ...

Some died from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a degenerative brain ... in the new study had developed CJD, but five showed symptoms consistent with early-onset Alzheimer's.

Background: Establishing a confident clinical diagnosis before an advanced stage of illness can be difficult in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) but unlike common causes of dementia, prion diseases ...

In humans, a very similar disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob causes slow degeneration of the brain. It is believed that mad cow disease in humans is a new variant of that disease. How common is mad cow ...

If you're a caregiver for someone who's living with dementia, the society has material to help you with what to expect as the ...