Dementia describes symptoms like memory loss in multiple diseases, and Alzheimer’s is the most common form. Here are the key ...

Microscopic analysis by Montana scientists has revealed the first detailed structure of the pathogen that causes chronic ...

Fernando Valenzuela, the Los Angeles Dodgers pitching ace who helped the team win the 1981 World Series, died of septic shock ...

Legendary Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela died of septic shock, according to his death certificate. ...

Los Angeles Dodgers icon Fernando Valenzuela died mainly as a result of septic shock, according to a death certificate made ...

The medical examiner believes he may have suffered from a rare brain disorder called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which causes ...

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

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 ...

What is their role in disease? And, most importantly, can we do something to get rid of them if they are responsible for these devastating diseases?" Ursula Jakob, senior author of the new study ...

The disease, which is invariably fatal to deer and elk, has not been found in animals in Oregon. It has been confirmed in Washington, Idaho and California.

Research has provided compelling evidence that could solve a fundamental mystery in the makeup of fibrils that play a role in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

How Is Myasthenia Gravis Diagnosed? During a physical exam for myasthenia gravis, your health care provider may look for signs such as a droopy eyelid, difficulty holding your arms out at shoulder ...