By Carlos Briceño on 01/23/2023
In 2018, my wife, Jill, started showing classic signs of Huntington’s disease (HD) — including involuntary movements, called chorea — so she decided to go through with genetic testing. After she was declared gene-positive for HD, she shared the devastating news with our daughter, Alexus. The conversation we had as a family was heartbreaking. Jill […]
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In 2018, my wife, Jill, started showing classic signs of Huntington’s disease (HD) — including involuntary movements, called chorea — so she decided to go through with genetic testing. After she was declared gene-positive for HD, she shared the devastating news with our daughter, Alexus. The conversation we had as a family was heartbreaking. Jill […]
Reduced levels of oxytocin — a natural hormone produced in the brain’s hypothalamus that also works as a chemical messenger — in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were found in Huntington’s disease patients with cognitive and social impairments, a new study shows. The findings support oxytocin levels as a biomarker of impaired social skills, as well as administering […]
