Alzheimers=CJD???

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DYING FOR A HAMBURGER HOW MODERN MEAT-PACKING LED TO AN EPIDEMIC OF

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: " Dr. Murray Waldman, in collaboration with writer

Marjorie Lamb, sets out to show that Alzheimer's is, indeed, a deadly

modern plague. They present startling evidence that Alzheimer's is one of a

family of diseases caused by a malformed protein - or prion - that also

causes mad cow disease and its human variant, Cruetzfeld-Jakob disease

(CJD). Could Alzheimer's, like CJD, be caused by tainted beef? In this

compelling exposition, the authors come to a frightening conclusion about

our seemingly insatiable hunger for hamburger.

 

" Before about 1900 Alzheimer's disease did not exist, or if it did, was so

rare as not to be noticed. But just over a hundred years ago, Alzheimer's

disease was unknown, and most people did not know anyone who exhibited the

symptoms of dementia that are now all too familiar to the families and

friends of victims. Alzheimer's disease (AD) now afflicts 15 million people

around the world, including 250,000 Canadians and 4.5 million Americans.

One in 10 persons over 65 and nearly half of those over 85 have the

disease. More significantly, the number of people with dementia is

expected to increase steadily over the next 25 years: in Canada, 10,000 new

cases of AD are diagnosed each year - 27 cases per day. "

 

[Edited from the book summaries and the excerpt below:

http://www.mcclelland.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0771087659

http://www.thebukowskiagency.com/DyingForAHamburger.htm