CJD Cases Not Linked To Food Consumption, Canada

The cases of confirmed and probable Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) are not because of food consumption, Dr. Paul Van Buynder, Chief Medical Health Officer, Fraser Health, British Columbia, Canada announced in a public statement. Dr. Buynder expressed concern that social media, the press and TV are reporting the small number of possible CJD cases being investigated as being connected to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), otherwise known as "mad cow disease". Fraser Health has looked into six possible cases of CJD over the last twelve months...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease Source Type: news