Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease

Follow the links below to information on Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD) and variant CJD (vCJD) as well as other prion diseases such as Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis (BSE) and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs)

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Title:	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rapidly progressive disease that causes deterioration of the brain. It is one of a group of rare diseases that affects humans and animals. There is no cure and death usually results within two years of the symptoms first appearing. Variant CJD is sometimes referred to as 'mad cow disease'.
Date:	Sep 2007

Title:	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a degenerative brain disorder that causes rapidly progressive dementia. There are 2 main types of CJD - classical and variant.
Date:	Jun 2006

Title:	Frequently asked questions
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	This page contains questions and answers about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in animals and its links with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans.
Date:	Dec 2004

Title:	Special Expert Committee on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (SECTSE)
Publisher:	National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:	This section of the site contains a range of information about the functions and composition of the SECTSE expert committee.
Date:	Sep 2008

Title:	Australia's Response to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in animals, commonly known as 'Mad Cow Disease'
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	Entry to the Department's web pages on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in animals, commonly known as 'Mad Cow Disease', and its links to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans.
Date:	Oct 2005

Title:	Mad cow disease
Publisher:	Healthy Eating Club
Description:	Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or 'Mad Cow Disease' as it is more commonly known, is a chronic degenerative disease that affects the central nervous system of cattle over two years old.
Date:	Apr 2001

Title:	Australia's Health Response
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	This page contains details of measures taken by the Australian Government to protect human health in response to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD).
Date:	Dec 2004

Title:	Pituitary hormones initiatives
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	This page contains information on the relation between human pituitary hormone treatment and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) as well as Government's initiatives for the control and prevention of CJD.
Date:	Nov 2007

Title:	Creutzfeldt - Jakob Disease
Publisher:	Queensland Health
Description:	Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (CJD) is a very rare disease that affects brain tissue in humans. When people first start to show symptoms, they usually present with confusion, disorientation and problems with walking. Death can occur up to two years after a person shows the first symptoms; however, most people die within six months. There is no treatment or cure.
Date:	Feb 2007

Title:	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - fact sheet
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rapidly progressive disease causing damage to the brain. It is one of a group of rare diseases that affects humans and animals, known as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies or prion diseases. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is characterised by dementia and walking difficulties.
Date:	Sep 2004

Title:	Growth hormone
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	The pituitary gland of the brain produces growth hormone, which governs height, bone length and muscle growth. Some people take synthetic growth hormone in the mistaken belief it will help them build muscle size and strength.
Date:	Mar 2007

Title:	Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) questionnaire for sponsors
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	This questionnaire has been designed by the TGA in consultation with Australian industry bodies to facilitate the collection of data to enable Sponsors to self-certify their therapeutic goods against the TGA's 'Supplementary requirements for therapeutic goods for minimising the risk of transmitting transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE)'.
Date:	Dec 2004

Title:	TGA approach to minimising the risk of exposure to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) through medicines and medical devices
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	TSEs, caused by agents known as prions, include scrapie in sheep and goats, chronic wasting disease in deer, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, and Kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) in humans.
Date:	Dec 2004

Title:	Australian medical devices guidelines. Requirements for the assessment of medical devices containing animal material, with particular regard to the minimisation of risks relating to transmitting Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs)
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	Australian requirements for the assessment of medical devices containing animal material, with particular regard to the minimisation of risks relating to transmitting transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs).
Date:	Aug 2003

Title:	Supplementary requirements for therapeutic goods for minimising the risk of transmitting Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs)
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	This documents provides guidance on the management of TSE risks associated with putatively low-risk ingredients currently listed in Category IV of the EMEA Guidelines.
Date:	Dec 2004

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