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 ...

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD Key Takeaways Huntington's disease is a genetic disorder that you can inherit ...

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 neurological (brain) condition that causes involuntary movement, changes to emotions, behavior, and thinking. Huntington’s is a genetic disease that worsens over time.

People affected by Huntington’s disease could at last benefit from the first treatment to slow the fatal neurodegenerative condition. Scientists from University College London (UCL) found patients ...

There’s no cure for Huntington’s disease, and doctors don’t yet have medications to stop it from progressing. But treatments can help manage some symptoms. Huntington’s disease is an inherited ...

Gene therapy is becoming a powerful way to treat challenging diseases that don’t respond to traditional treatments, and researchers now report the first success in modifying genes to slow Huntington’s ...

Huntington’s disease is a fatal, hereditary neurological disorder mostly striking people between the ages of 30 and 50. In 1872, a young physician, Dr. George Huntington, first described the disease ...

A new discovery offers hope for Huntington’s disease. This discovery provides hope that a DNA repair process may help slow or stop disease progression. Research has identified a critical DNA repair ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause Huntington's disease leads to the death of brain cells. The findings change the understanding ...