Huntington’s disease is a hereditary condition that leads to the progressive degeneration of nerve cells (neurons) in specific areas of the brain. It mainly affects regions that control voluntary ...

Huntington’s disease is a rare inherited neurological disorder that progressively affects movement, cognition and mental ...

Huntington’s disease (HD) is one of those rare conditions that affects not just the patient but the entire family—medically, emotionally and genetically. This inherited brain disorder causes gradual ...

The medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating Huntington’s disease chorea are Xenazine (tetrabenazine), Ingrezza (valbenazine) and Austedo (deuterabenazine).

People with uncontrolled movement problems can have a harder time doing everyday tasks such as speaking, reading, writing, and cooking, which can cause a loss of independence. This may cause people to ...

Dr. Sarah Tabrizi and her team at University College London have been studying Huntington’s treatments for two decades, and led the small but ground-breaking study of Uniqure’s treatment. Results ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. New gene therapies such as AMT‑130 are beginning to slow Huntington’s disease progression, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An exceptionally rare and fatal genetic disease may finally have a solution. Huntington’s Disease affects one in ten to twenty ...

Actor and comedian, Will Forte, opens up about his brother-in-law's journey with Huntington’s disease (HD) and chorea through Teva’s Honestly HD program HD is a rare, progressive genetic disorder ...

Woody Guthrie (1912–1967) was a well-known singer/songwriter with undiagnosed Huntington's disease (HD), born to a family burdened by undiagnosed HD. Guthrie’s mother, Nora, had the disease and was ...