-Caveat Lector- Source: YahooNews.com http://dailynews.yahoo.com/ Friday March 23 9:58 PM ET Mad Cow-Like Disease Kills 2 People http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010323/us/patient_deaths_2.html By P. SOLOMON BANDA Associated Press Writer DENVER (AP) - Two patients have died at a Colorado hospital this year from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (news - web sites), an illness similar to mad cow disease, and there is concern other patients may have been exposed, a hospital spokeswoman said Friday. The patients, both over 60, died in January and February at Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, said Steve Krizman, a spokesman for Kaiser-Permanente, the health maintenance organization that cared for them. Hospital spokeswoman Kathleen Ferguson said at least six other patients may have been exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob through surgical instruments used while treating one of the two who died. The instruments were sterilized after each use, but no studies have been done to show whether sterilization procedures are effective against the proteins that cause the disease, said Dr. Cathy van Blerkom, chair of the hospital's Department of Pathology and Infection Control. ``There are a lot of unknowns in this disease,'' she said. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or CJD, attacks the brain, killing cells and creating gaps in tissue. The brain takes on a sponge-like appearance. Early symptoms include memory problems, mood changes and lack of coordination. The disease progresses to shakiness and dementia. Victims are eventually unable to move or speak. A separate form of the disease has been linked directly to eating meat from cattle infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease. Nearly 100 people in Europe have died of the disease since 1995. About two cases of CJD are reported in Colorado every year, said Cindy Parmenter of the Colorado Department of Public Health (news - web sites) and Environment. ``We had four in 2000 and two or three in years before that,'' Parmenter said. ``It usually happens in people 60 and older. It's not totally unusual.'' On the Net: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation, Inc. http://www.cjdfoundation.org ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
