The authors report that in mouse models of Huntington disease, treatment with a nontoxic sugar substance can prevent the development of the brain pathology associated with Huntington disease ...

Aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia is among the leading causes of death for people with Huntington’s disease. Treatment for swallowing difficulties can involve lifestyle changes and adaptive ...

According to the University of California San Francisco, Huntington’s disease affects one in every 10,000 to 20,000 people in ...

These results provide valuable information for future clinical trials aimed at developing disease-modifying treatments for Huntington's disease. This promising strategy could slow or halt ...

Huntington's disease is a rare genetic, autosomal dominant, neurodegenerative disease, caused by CAG repeat expansions in the HTT gene, that is polymorphic on the healthy allele and contains more than ...

Despite its increasing prevalence, a painful condition called bladder pain syndrome, or interstitial cystitis, remains ...

Young people impacted by Huntington’s disease don’t have to face it alone. @HDYO provides support, education, and community ...

Federally funded research at Johns Hopkins offers new avenues for detecting brain disease long before it strikes ...

Germline CAG-repeat expansions mean that the children of individuals with Huntington’s disease ... phase disease model indicates that there is potentially a large window of time for treatment.

Huntington's disease is a rare hereditary neurodegenerative disease affecting over 40,000 patients in the United States and many more worldwide. There are no approved treatments that can reverse ...