Patients warned of vCJD exposure
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More than 460 people in Northern Ireland are being warned that they could have been exposed to vCJD through blood plasma products.
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A rare and potentially serious sexually transmitted form of chlamydia has turned up in a few patients in San Francisco, prompting health officials to issue a public warning.
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Health officials have declared a ``green&#39;&#39; code warning over the outbreak of a mysterious infection at the Caritas Medical Centre in Kowloon that has hit 28 children.
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Japanese health officials confirm their first case of variant CJD, the human form of mad cow disease.
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A VICTORIAN man holidaying at Corowa faces a nerve-wracking two-day wait to see if he is one of 1056 Royal Melbourne Hospital patients possibly exposed to a deadly brain disease.
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A British man suffering from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of mad cow disease is no longer terminal ill, thanks to an experimental medical treatment, his father said.
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Eating BSE-infected meat could lead to people developing different types of CJD, research suggests.
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The United Kingdom has exported to &quot;at least 11 countries&quot; blood products at risk of contamination with the prion responsible for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of mad cow disease, The Times reports.
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A prominent hospital in Melbourne, Australia, has told more than 1 000 former brain and spinal patients that they may be at slight risk of a rare, fatal brain disease, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Monday.
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UK scientists are upwardly revising their estimates of the number of people likely to die from new variant CJD (vCJD, also known as mad cow disease). It follows the death of a second patient, who contracted the disease after a ...
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Company warns Remicade may up risk of lymphoma, label changed for second time to reflect hazards. NEW YORK  - Johnson &amp; Johnson is warning doctors that patients taking its rheumatoid arthritis drug
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MARK COLVIN: Royal Melbourne Hospital is trying to calm the public&#39;s fears after a patient died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or CJD.
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Doctors' leaders warn of the potential health risks of putting inmates in police or court cells.
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Doctors today warned that using a portable music player such as an iPod outdoors when lightning threatens can be dangerous.
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Scientists develop a technique they hope will improve detection of mad cow disease (vCJD) in humans.
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Thousands of people have received letters warning they may be at increased risk of developing the incurable brain disease variant CJD as a result of medical treatment, it was announced yesterday.
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San Francisco public health officials issued a warning Monday that a rare and potentially debilitating sexually transmitted disease reported recently in the Netherlands has turned up among a small number of patients in the city.