That mystery brain disease plaguing people in New Brunswick? A new study finds it's not real

A new study is debunking “an alleged ‘mystery’ neurological illness” that emerged in New Brunswick six years ago. The research, published Wednesday in JAMA Neurology, took another careful look at 25 cases of people previously diagnosed with what’s dubbed a neurological syndrome of unknown cause (NSUC), 11 of whom have since died. “There was no evidence supporting a diagnosis of NSUC in this cohort,” the study concludes. Instead, well-known conditions wer