by Gary Chandler | Feb 7, 2019 | Contagion, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Infectious Disease
Doctors Defending Themselves, Not Others Editor’s Note: In April 2019, Dr. Stanley Prusiner published conclusive evidence that Alzheimer’s disease is a prion disease. The implications are far-reaching. It impacts 50-100 million victims, their family,...
by Gary Chandler | Oct 23, 2018 | Alzheimer's Disease, Autism, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Infectious Disease
Reforms Can Save Lives Neurodegenerative disease and autism have been surging around the world for the past 30 years. A man-made environmental disaster is creating a public health disaster that’s still unfolding in many ways in most nations. Neurotoxins are driving...
by Gary Chandler | May 4, 2017 | Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Infectious Disease, Prion Disease
Prion Disease A Spectrum Disease By the time Kay Schwister got her diagnosis last summer, she couldn’t talk anymore. But she could still scowl, and scowl she did. After weeks of decline and no clue what was causing it, doctors had told Schwister — a 53-year-old...
by Gary Chandler | Nov 14, 2016 | Contagion, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Infectious Disease, Prion Disease
CJD Often Misdiagnosed As Alzheimer’s Disease Maine Medical Center confirmed Friday that a patient treated at the hospital carried a rare, dangerous brain illness to which a “small number” of other patients may have been exposed, though the hospital called that...
by Gary Chandler | Oct 4, 2016 | Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Disease Transmission
Prions Fueling A Public Health Disaster Urine can be used to test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Unfortunately, it also is a pathway that spreads prion disease among mammals. The Medical Research Council team is working on a simple test. They claim that their...
by Gary Chandler | Jan 25, 2016 | Alzheimer's Disease Prevention, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Beat, Treat Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease is the fastest-growing cause of death in the world. It’s killing more than 50 million people now. The count is likely much higher. Millions more will be diagnosed this year, while millions more will...
