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...when changes taking place in your loved one go beyond typical age-related changes and may signify the effects of brain disease. According to the Alzheimer's Association, occasionally misplacing items, temporarily getting confused, or forgetting someone's...
...a person to forget recent events or familiar tasks. How rapidly it advances varies from person to person, but the brain disease eventually causes confusion, personality and behavior changes and impaired judgment. Communication becomes difficult...
...mad cow disease,'' which has wreaked economic havoc in Europe because of its apparent ability to cause a fatal brain disease in people who eat affected beef. And in theory, at least, the technique could provide a convenient way to engineer...
...and Yaffe said more work is needed to determine whether statins really can lower the risk of getting the degenerative brain disease that affects some 4 million Americans. The study, published Thursday in the March issue of the Archives of Neurology...
...their fields and woods as part of an unprecedented whitetail deer hunt that will allow the state to see how far a fatal brain disease has spread. Three deer killed last fall near Mount Horeb were infected with chronic wasting disease, the first time...
Wisconsin wildlife officials have exceeded their goal of shooting 500 deer to test them for a deadly brain disease, state officials said Sunday. State sharpshooters and private landowners have shot 503 deer through Sunday, said Department...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin will receive $3.5 million in federal aid to combat a fatal brain disease in deer and elk. Much of the money will go for improvements at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostics Laboratory, which is in the...
...past year, Mike Overton, vice president and general manager of Kommerstad Communications, has been battling a rare brain disease that could have cost him his life. And it's because of Overton's fighting spirit, determination and willingness...
...the feeding of deer in Minnesota, a step aimed at reducing the spread of chronic wasting disease. While the fatal brain disease hasn't yet been found in deer in Minnesota, it exists in deer in Wisconsin and South Dakota. Authorities in those...