and movement symptoms similar to those of Parkinson’s disease. Lewy body dementia is associated with a buildup of substances ...

The Huntington's disease (HD) mutation eventually causes a fatal brain disease in adulthood, but a new study finds that early in life, children with the HD mutation have bigger brains and higher IQ ...

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt wants the Public Health Agency of Canada to help investigate a mysterious brain illness that ...

Fernando Valenzuela’s cause of death has been determined after the Dodgers legend died last month at the age of 63. According ...

The detailed structure of a misfolded protein from a diseased deer could help explain why the disease hasn’t made the leap to humans.

In a major discovery, scientists have presented the first evidence of Alzheimer's disease transmission in living individuals.

What exactly is zombie deer disease? Find out how chronic wasting disease spreads and if it poses a threat to humans.

infectious proteins known to cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Consequently, synthetic growth hormone, devoid of the risk of transmitting CJD, replaced c-hGH in medical practice. Related Stories ...

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 ...

Three hunters from Northeastern Oregon illegally brought back to Oregon skulls of two mule deer they had killed in Wyoming, ...

If caused by a brain tumor, these symptoms are likely to persist or worsen over time. When experienced in conjunction with other symptoms, vomiting and nausea can indicate a brain tumor. Often, these ...