A fifth Ulster County death linked to rare brain disease
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KINGSTON, NY -- Health officials here say a woman&#39;s death in November was caused by Cruetzfeldt-Jacob disease, bringing to five the number of Ulster County residents who have died within the past year from the rare brain disorder.
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The 36-year-old Illinois woman who died last month after being treated with an experimental gene therapy was infected with a fungus that usually causes only a mild illness. But the infection spun out of control and ravaged her organs, suggesting that her immune system was seriously impaired, said...
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- A mysterious illness is k
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It's said to be the closest thing to being buried alive -- his body can't move, but he still can feel and think. That's how 24-year-old Erik Ramsey has spent the last eight years of his life. He suffered a brain stem stroke after a car wreck leaving him with "locked-in" syndrome. New research may give Erik a miracle. A scientist has invented an device that detects signals in the speech area of Erik's brain.
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A string of deaths caused by Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare brain malady, in upstate New York has led a community to become increasingly concerned.
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&quot;There&#39;s one confirmed death in Thomas Drive in Panama City Beach, and another one in Sandy Creek, Bay County,&quot; Bay County spokeswoman Catherine McNaught said.
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The recent death of a middle-aged Alaska woman admitted to Harborview Medical Center for severe, unexplained dementia is being investigated by one of the nation&#39;s leading experts in prion diseases -- a category of illnesses that include so-called mad cow ...
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ATLANTA -- Emory University Hospital in Atlanta is telling more than 500 patients they may have been exposed to a fatal brain disease, although the actual risk is &quot;remote.
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Over two years ago, the case of a man who died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York after donating a portion of his liver to his brother gained a lot of media attention. According to a report published this month, fulminant gas gangrene of the stomach was the cause of death.
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Notices were issued to NJ Transit riders and employees Friday to inform them that the Mercer County man who died of an illness rarely seen in the United States rode on one of the agency&#39;s trains several days before his death.
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Old Dirty Bastard&#39;s death outside a New York studio was ruled an accidental overdose by a medical examiner. The New York City medical examiner&#39;s office said ODB died fromt he effects of combining cocaine wiht Tramadol, a prescription painkiller.
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[Health India]: Washington, Nov 21: A new research conducted by researchers at The Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) suggest that there are clear differences in brain function between healthy people who carry a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer&#39;s
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say they've discovered how a gene mutation linked to an inherited form of Parkinson's disease damages the brain.
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NAPLES, Fla. - A blow to the head with a beer bottle may have saved Sally Hampton's life. While doctors were examining her after the barroom attack, they discovered a brain tumor that could have killed her.  The tumor was removed, and Hampton, 64, is fully recovered.
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Fairfax County health officials said an elderly man has died of a suspected case of West Nile virus. If additional tests confirm the diagnosis, his death will be the first reported fatality from the virus in Virginia this year.
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Officials at Kings County Hospital Center said that they were âclosely examiningâ why doctors there failed to detect a drug-resistant staph infection in a boy who died this month.
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A rare brain disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was not responsible for the death of a Ulster County woman, according to the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center in Ohio.