Columnist Tanita Allen's mindfulness and meditation practice has taught her that she doesn't need to fight herself every ...

Up to four years after a single dose of the experimental gene therapy ifezuntirgene inilparvovec (formerly AMT-130), people with Huntington’s disease who received the high dose showed slower disease ...

Years ago, my wife, Jill, was at a party talking with a friend. The conversation turned personal, and her friend asked a difficult question. It was the kind of question people sometimes ask when they ...

Time-restricted eating (TRE), a form of intermittent fasting that limits daily calorie intake to a six-to-eight-hour window, may help slow the progression of Huntington’s disease, according to results ...

There is no cure for Huntington’s disease, nor have any disease-modifying therapies been developed yet that can stop its progression. However, there are approved treatments that can help patients ...

Delusions can be defined as false beliefs. No arguments or evidence can convince patients with delusions to change their minds. For example, affected individuals might believe that someone is living ...

A single injection of Wave Life Science‘s experimental therapy WVE-003 was found, at either of the two lowest tested doses, to lead to reductions in the mutant huntingtin (mHTT) protein in people with ...

Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) leaders at the group’s 41st annual convention unveiled a new strategic plan and mission statement to meet the needs of Huntington’s disease patients, ...

The first participant has been dosed in a large clinical trial testing the experimental oral therapy votoplam (formerly PTC518) in adults with early-stage Huntington’s disease. The Novartis-sponsored ...

Ingrezza (valbenazine) engages with its VMAT2 target more strongly than extended-release Austedo XR (deutetrabenazine), which may translate into better control of chorea by more effectively reducing ...

Apathy, a common symptom of Huntington’s disease, may present even before the development of hallmark motor symptoms and worsens gradually over time, according to a six-year study of people carrying a ...