He was part of the Consumer Product Safety Commissions annual fireworks danger demonstration. Researchers say the risk of mad cow disease among people in the United States is small. The study says unique circumstances existed in Britain in the late 1980s when an epidemic began that lasted through 1996. The report says those conditions do not exist in the United States. Other researchers have said the infective protein in the sheep wound up in the cattle that way.
British authorities link mad cow to a similar fatal condition in humans.
Researchers affiliated with the American Medical Association say the U.S. government has taken necessary protective steps. The study is in The Journal of the American Medical Association . If you take more than one medication on a regular basis, you may be concerned about drug interactions that could make you sick. Twenty-five year old Laurel Turk knows a lot about food. As a registered dietician with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Louisiana, Turk helps plan menus for patients with a variety of medical needs.