Over 90 percent of people with Huntington’s disease develop chorea. Learn about FDA-approved VMAT2 inhibitors, off-label medications, and lifestyle strategies to manage involuntary movements.

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 ...

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Transposable elements (TEs), also called transposons, are DNA sequences capable of moving or replicating from one location to ...

Learn how Huntington’s disease affects mood, including depression, anxiety, apathy, and irritability, plus treatment options ...

In patients with Huntington's disease, neurons in a part of the brain called the striatum are among the hardest-hit. Degeneration of these neurons contributes to patients' loss of motor control, which ...

Sir Richard Faull discusses a potential treatment breakthrough for Huntington's Disease on Brainstorming with Clare de Lore.

Jenna Cotromano shares how a Huntington’s disease diagnosis at 18 changed her life and why she now uses social media to support others ...

Two days after graduating high school, one woman from Indiana learned she carries the Huntington’s disease gene mutation ...

“Loving someone and watching them decline is so incredibly painful,” Mariana Price tells PEOPLE ...

Virginia Beach advocates will be at Mount Trashmore every Friday in May to raise awareness for Huntington's disease.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — For the first time, scientists have successfully treated someone suffering from Huntington’s disease, a fatal genetic illness with no cure. The Mayo Clinic reports that the ...