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September, 2004

Vol.5. NO.9.......................................................Pages 6 and 7

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The report goes on to say, “The first case is thought to have happened in December 2003 when the blood recipient died several years after receiving blood from a donor who had vCJD. The second patient who has died received blood in 1999. The donor was also later found to have had vCJD.”
The report also states, “Secretary of Health John Reid said, ‘Although people may have concerns about the implications of this announcement, I would emphasize again that the exclusion criteria are being tightened because of a small but unquantifiable risk.’ ”

“The UK government knows of 15 blood recipients whose donors went on develop vCJD. They have all been contacted and offered counselling,” the report states.

According to Health Canada, “Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is one of a small group of fatal diseases caused by infectious agents called prions. These attack the brain, killing cells and creating gaps in tissue. The disease is always fatal.
“Scientific evidence has linked variant CJD to eating contaminated beef products from animals infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or ‘mad-cow disease.’ Processed meat products made from cows infected with BSE carry a high risk for transmitting the disease.

“Variant CJD symptoms include early psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety, depression, withdrawal, and behavioral changes. Persistent pain or odd sensations in the face or limbs often develop. The disease then progresses to motor difficulties, involuntary movements, and mental deterioration, often ending in a persistent vegetative state. The patient may live on average for about one year after the onset of symptoms.”

Health Canada also, interestingly, states that “people who have been exposed to medical devices used on a person subsequently diagnosed with variant CJD will be advised not to donate blood, tissues, or organs.”

The information supplied by Health Canada concludes with this chilling bit of advice: “It is important to note that BSE is unlike many other food-borne pathogens in that it cannot be killed simply by cooking the infected meat.”

For more information on this, and to read about the first case of human mad-cow disease that has been found in Saudi Arabia, go to www.medicalnewstoday.com and type in “vCJD” in the News Archive box.

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Inside This Issue
 

"A Small but
Unquantifiable
Risk ........................ 7

Another Biodemorcracy
Book Reviews............ 12

Book Reviews ...............15

Energy Indipendence
Begins at Home ........ 1

Ever Wonder? .............11

Film Museum
Awards...................  10

Five Weapons Sites
Unprepared for
Emergincies............... 3

Generic Drugs Under
Pressure................... 10

Have a Wild and
Woolly Weekend
in Taos!.................... 1

It's Easy, Convenient,
Affordable!.............. 6

"living From Soul!" ... 15

North Central NM
Events ......................2

OCA Organizing
Film Premier............. 9

"Only in America" ...... 5

Organic Pet Foods ....... 9

Paul Horn: Journey
Inside Tibet ...........  1

Poisoning Consumers.. 11

Raw Power ................ 12

The Man with the
Iron Stomach ......... 11

Wanted ....................... 6

Weird News ............... 14

What Are They Up To? .8

Where to find The
Sun-News .................  2