Atlanta Hospital Warns Of Possible Exposure To Brain Disease
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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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One in eight hospital patients can expect to be adversely affected by their hospital treatment, Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) members were told yesterday.
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Officials are trying to figure out why workers at a meat plant were stricken with a strange neurological illness.
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Neurological disorders ranging from migraines to epilepsy and dementia affect up to one billion people worldwide and the toll will rise as populations age, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday.
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Heart disease or a stroke may trigger Alzheimer's disease by cutting oxygen in the brain, researchers say.
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Scientists show how having a stroke - or even snoring heavily - can increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
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A hospital device used to measure carbon dioxide levels in patient tissues is being recalled after investigations revealed that the device probably caused life-threatening infections among 11 children at a Dallas hospital, the US Food and Drug
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A new analysis may help detect the earliest signs of cell damage caused by Alzheimer's disease.
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U.S. health officials alerted doctors on Thursday that medicines used to treat epilepsy and psychiatric disorders may raise the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior.
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One of Australia&#39;s major hospitals fears its operating rooms may have been contaminated with a fatal brain-wasting disease. Royal Melbourne Hospital is contacting over a thousand patients who had brain or spinal surgery there in the past 18 months.
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Neurologists urge caution upon reports of a successful therapy.
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A recall of canned meat products and dog food made at a Georgia plant due to botulism fears could involve tens of millions of cans that pose an urgent public health threat, U.S. officials said on Monday.
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Epilepsy drugs used by millions of people may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior, the Food and Drug Administration warned in an alert to doctors Thursday
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Officials at a suburban Denver hospital alerted six brain surgery patients after another neurosurgery patient died of classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare degenerative brain ailment, the hospital said Thursday.
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The state Health Department is investigating suspected cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare brain disease, in Ulster County.
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An Atlanta lawyer with a potentially deadly contagious disease talks about a journey that has triggered fear and outrage.
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Georgia has too many babies born with infantile paralysis caused by the serious birth defect spina bifida. If all women of reproductive age consumed enough of the B vitamin folic acid