Huntington was no academic or medical researcher, just a simple family doctor who wrote a landmark description of the fatal hereditary disease now known as Huntington's disease. Neither was he the first to recognize the malady that now bears his name....

Huntington's Disease A hereditary disease of the central nervous system. Huntington's disease, also called Huntingtons chorea, causes intellectual impairment, emotional disturbances, and the uncontrollable arm, leg, and body movements...

Huntington disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease causing uncontrolled physical movements and mental deterioration. The disease was discovered by George Huntington of Pomeroy, Ohio, who first described a hereditary movement disorder....

The term chorea comes from the Greek word choreia, which means "to dance." The term aptly describes the fitful, jerking movements associated with the condition. One form of chorea was first described by the English physician, Thomas Sydenham, in 1685,...

Progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by CHOREIFORM (i.e. dance-like; see CHOREA) movements and DEMENTIA. The condition is sometimes associated with PSYCHOSIS and DEPRESSION. The disease is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner (see...

Huntington's disease, known historically as Huntington's chorea and chorea maior, is a rare inherited neurological disorder affecting up to approximately 1 person per 10,000 people of Western European descent and 1 per 1,000,000 of Asian and African...

Milton Wexler, one of Hollywood's most prominent psychoanalysts and the founder of a research organization whose scientists discovered the gene that causes Huntington's disease, has died. He was 98.Wexler died of respiratory failure March 16 at his home in Santa Monica, his daughters said.Though a...

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Genetic information no longer could be used to deny someone health insurance or job opportunities under legislation passed by the House on Wednesday."If your grandmother had breast cancer, you shouldn't be denied a job or a promotion," said Rep. Robert Andrews, D-N.J., before the 420-3...

Australia's Parliament on Thursday debated a bill that would lift the country's ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research. The debate in the House of Representatives was adjourned until Monday after 13 lawmakers gave speeches supporting the reforms...

Huntington's Disease is a genetically transmitted disease so it will be continuing from generation to generation if scientists do not find a cure for it. The affects it has on a person is quite life changing. People are suffering all the time while doing everyday things and they really need help.