Just two years after losing their first daughter, a San Angelo family has lost their second daughter to Huntington's disease.

Huntington’s disease is a hereditary condition in which your brain’s nerve cells gradually break down. It can cause physical and psychological symptoms. Learn more.

She asked to spend some one-on-one time together while she and her boyfriend were in town, which I found odd. Lindsey and I talk on the phone often and had already spoken three times that week. Now it ...

Scott Porter’s wife Kelsey Mayfield Porter learned in 2014 that she was positive for the Huntington’s disease gene. The actor ...

Huntington’s disease causes a gradual decline in self-care, and eventually, this condition is fatal. Loss of movement control and involuntary movements can be physically disabling.

Huntington’s disease is relentless in its attack on brain cells. Still uncurable, it robs people of memory and personality and strikes them with involuntary, jerky movements that only get worse.

Huntington’s disease is a rare and incurable hereditary disorder that damages brain cells. Early signs include coordination problems and memory lapses. In the later stages, people may need full ...

Typically, a person with Huntington’s lives 10 to 20 years after onset. One in 10,000 Americans, or around 30,000 people, have the disease, according to the Huntington’s Disease Society of ...

Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutical Targets in Huntington's Disease. Chiara Zuccato et al. in Physiological Reviews, Vol. 90, No. 3, pages 905–981; July 1, 2010.

Huntington’s disease causes certain brain regions to die, as indicated by the darker areas in the center of this MRI image of the brain of a 21-year-old with the disease.

Huntington's disease is a family disorder, and though it has a slow rate of progression, it gets worse over time. For those worried about passing the condition on to children, options include prenatal ...

Bates, G. P. History of genetic disease: The molecular genetics of Huntington disease—A history. Nature Reviews Genetics 6, 766–773 (2005) (link to article) Gusella, J. F., et al.