Despite the best efforts of modern medicine, Huntington’s disease is a condition that still comes with a tragic prognosis.
While Huntington’s disease is progressive and worsens over time, understanding what is to come can help someone with this condition plan for the road ahead. Huntington’s disease is a neurodegenerative ...
Huntington’s disease is a brain disorder that can affect various functions, including the ability to swallow — particularly as the disease progresses. Huntington’s disease is a neurogenerative ...
One of the most devastating inherited brain disorders, Huntington’s disease, has been treated successfully for the first time, according to doctors. The illness is passed down through families, ...
In a recent study, beta blockers appeared to significantly lower both the annualized risk for conversion from presymptomatic to symptomatic Huntington’s disease (HD) and the rate of worsening among ...
Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately twenty years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington’s ...
(CNN) - There may be some hope for those living with Huntington’s disease after a new experimental gene therapy was reportedly found to slow the progression of the disease. Drugmaker Uniqure announced ...