In a very small number of cases, inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) may follow.
Doctors knew the donor had encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, when they harvested the organs.
In one in 15 cases it can lead to severe complications such as pneumonia and inflammation of the brain.
The trials were halted on Jan. 17 after four patients showed signs of inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
"Less than 1% develop a serious neurologic illness such as encephalitis or meningitis (inflammation of the brain or surrounding tissues), " it said.
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"Less than 1% develop a serious neurologic illness such as encephalitis or meningitis (inflammation of the brain or surrounding tissues), " the CDC said.
In one in 15 cases it can lead to severe complications, such as pneumonia and inflammation of the brain, and can be fatal.
Complications can include meningitis and encephalitis - inflammation of the lining of the brain.
Patients contracted fungal meningitis -- which results in inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord -- after their spines were injected with a contaminated, preservative-free steroid called methylprednisolone acetate, health officials have said.
The outbreak is of fungal meningitis, an inflammation in the brain or central nervous system.
Using nonsteroid drugs to counter brain-tissue inflammation offers another avenue of promise.
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Victims of the rare virus suffer a high fever, headaches, diarrhoea, brain inflammation, nausea and internal bleeding.
It provides more evidence that what's going on in the rest of the body, from inflammation to belly fat, can have major effects on the brain, he added.
One study of biomarkers, for example, found that yoga influences brain chemicals by boosting serotonin levels, lowers inflammation, reduces oxidative stress and exerts a positive influence on other key elements of the human body that play a role in mental health.
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