The notion that Alzheimer's, Creutzfeldt-Jakob, and Mad Cow Disease may be caused by the consumption of meat and dairy products has, up to now, been pretty much dismissed by the medical research community.

Although Mad cow disease hasn't been in the news these days, it hasn't disappeared. As with its counterpart, Creutzfeldt-Jakob in humans, it's still a force to be reckoned with, says Lawrence Broxmeyer MD.