Aretha Vinson

Virginia State University student Aretha Vinson has contracted a rare brain disorder called Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a variant of Mad Cow Disease. Virginia state health officials are investigating how Vinson contracted the disease. Doctors suspect Vinson contracted the disease after having gastric bypass surgery, possibly from tainted medical instruments. Vinson's family says her health worsened after having gastric bypass surgery three months prior to the diagnosis.

UPDATE: Vinson passed away at 5:30pm on Wednesday, April 9, 2008.

1. Vinson's motor skills, and memory faded
2. She is confided to a hospital bed and unconcious
3. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is extremely rare
4. No treatment or cure

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