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Lorenzo's Oil

Nick Nolte and an Oscar-nominated Susan Sarandon play the couple fighting to save their young son from a rare, degenerative brain disease in this fact-based drama. Peter Ustinov is among the many..
Sky Movies 1 week ago

Long live The King: how the FA failed to address the case of Jeff Astle

12 years after Jeff Astle died of brain trauma, we are still waiting on a promised FA report over the effects of heading the ball In the ninth minute of West Bromwich Albion's game at Hull City the..
guardian.co.uk on March 22, 2014

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	18 People Reportedly Exposed to Incurable Disease in N.C. Eighteen people possibly exposed to a rare brain disease considered incurable and fatal — and it happened while at a North Carolina hospital. Source: Newsy - on February 11, 2014
	NFL Legend Tony Dorsett Has Concussion-Related Brain Disease Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a debilitating brain disease caused by numerous hits to the head. Source: Newsy.com - on November 8, 2013
	Rare Brain Disease Spreads From Rented Equipment Infected equipment rented in New Hampshire could be behind a rare brain disease known as C.J.D. One person has died and 13 are potentially affected. Source: Newsy.com - on September 5, 2013
	Odom in Rehab, Brain Disease Spreads, Johansson Engaged Lamar Odom has checked into rehab; fatal brain disease may have spread at a New Hampshire hospital; actress Scarlett Johansson is engaged. Source: Newsy - on September 5, 2013

18 North Carolina patients may have been exposed to rare brain disease

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C./NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eighteen neurological patients in North Carolina may have been exposed to an incurable and fatal disorder similar to "mad cow" disease while undergoing surgery..
Reuters on February 11, 2014

VIDEO: Mother's campaign to save children

BBC Local News: Nottingham -- 'Further research needed' into fatal brain disease
BBC Local News on February 4, 2014

Donors pitch in to pay for surgery for extremely obese Texas girl

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Nearly 1,500 donors have pledged more than $62,000 to help pay for surgery for a 12-year-old Texas girl diagnosed as morbidly obese due to a brain disease that is causing her..
Reuters on December 30, 2013

MIDNIGHT EMB Commons committee launch investigation into potential spread of vCJD brain disease in hospitals

A Parliamentary investigation has begun into the risk of hospitals spreading the human form of “mad cow” disease as a result of failing to detect the infective agent responsible for the variant..
Independent on December 3, 2013

Could arthritis drug combat Alzheimer's?

Alzheimer's affects 35 million people worldwide and billions have been spent on research – to little avail. But an unconventional approach based on a 30-year-old evolutionary theory might provide a..
guardian.co.uk on November 17, 2013