Turbo CJD cases alarm

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare and incurable neurodegenerative disease is on the rise

Just as I unfortunately predicted two years ago, we are experiencing an uptick in CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease), with a rapid decline to death extremely shortly after diagnosis. "Turbo CJD" if you will.

I first became aware of CJD in the early 1990's, when the hospital where I was employed was embroiled in several lawsuits due to patients contracting C…