| Patients with encephalopathy require a low-protein diet and enough lactulose to produce three or four bowel movements daily. |
| They will also support research into the causes and treatment of myalgic encephalopathy, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. |
| Eating beef from cattle infected with mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, can cause a fatal brain disorder in humans. |
| Thiamine supplementation is essential in malnourished patients for the prevention of Wernicke's encephalopathy. |
| The prions that cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease aren't broken down by normal cooking temperatures. |
| Why Korsakoff's psychosis develops in only some patients with Wernicke's encephalopathy is unclear. |
