Huntington ’s ruling on doctors’ duty to tell patient’s family
Case establishes precedent for relatives ’ right to know about serious conditions, lawyers sayDoctors treating individuals with serious ailments owe a legal duty of care not just to their patients but to third parties associated with the people they are treating.That is the key implication of a high court ruling last week in the case of a woman who had sued doctors because they failed to tell her about her father ’s fatal hereditary disease, Huntington’s, before she had her own child. Had she known of the risks involved, she would have terminated the pregnancy, she argued.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 1, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Tags: Doctors Health Huntington's disease Law Science Society UK news Source Type: news
Huntington's disease: Woman with gene fails in bid to sue NHS
A woman claimed the NHS had a duty of care to tell her about her father's fatal, inherited brain condition. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gene therapy generates new neurons to treat Huntington's disease
(Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration,Jinan University) Huntington's disease (HD) is a rare disease with chorea movement and caused by Huntingtin (Htt) gene mutation and neurodegeneration. A research group led by Dr. Gong Chen has developed a novel gene therapy to regenerate functional new neurons in mouse models of HD. The work has been published in Nature Communications on February 27, 2020. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Language disorders as indicators of the diagnosis and progression of Huntington's disease
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona) A study led by Wolfram Hinzen, ICREA research professor with the Department of Translation and Language Sciences, published in Journal of Communication Disorders, shows that the first symptoms of the disease are revealed through linguistic changes in spontaneous speech. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Health Canada-DEA Approves MMJ International Holdings To Ship THC
MMJ will be utilizing its new product for an FDA approved treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) and Huntington's disease (HD). It also received the US Drug Enforcement Agency's approval to...(PRWeb February 20, 2020)Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/health_canada_dea_approves_mmj_international_holdings_to_ship_thc/prweb16927573.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 20, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
AI Blood Test Predicts Neurodegenerative Disease Progression AI Blood Test Predicts Neurodegenerative Disease Progression
A novel machine-learning tool that uses genetic data from patient blood samples can strongly predict the progression and severity of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer ' s and Huntington ' s.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - February 7, 2020 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Quebec couple pleads for IVF funding to help them conceive a baby without Huntington's disease
Anna Lambert and Joey Lapointe know any child they conceive has a 50-50 chance of inheriting Huntington's, a debilitating and fatal disease. IVF and genetic testing of the embryo before it's implanted would prevent that, but the government won't pay for it. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
Daughter, 32, on mother's Huntington's disease... as she finds out she also carries the mutated gene
In a film for the BC Danielle, 32, reveaed her mother Lisa has lost the ability to speak or eat on her own. Lisa tested positive after a blood test at Great Ormond Street, London. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Huntington's disease: I'm taking a test that will reveal my future
Danielle's mum has Huntington's disease – now she’s finding out if she will also get it. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Genetic screen offers new drug targets for Huntington's disease
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Using a genetic screen that was previously impossible in the mammalian brain, MIT neuroscientists have identified hundreds of genes that are necessary for neuron survival. They also used the approach to identify genes that contribute to the toxic effects of mutant protein that causes Huntington's disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New roles found for Huntington's disease protein
(Duke University) A Duke University research team has identified a new function of a gene called huntingtin, a mutation of which underlies the progressive neurodegenerative disorder known as Huntington's Disease. Using genetic mouse models, they have discovered that neurons in the striatum, a brain area involved in controlling movement, require the huntingtin gene for regulating the body's movements, maintaining cell health during aging, and developing functioning connections between cells. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
'Huntington's has affected everyone I ever loved'
Sandy Patience wants to help find a treatment for the degenerative disease that has blighted his family. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lymphoma Now Curable, but Should Cost Be Considered? Lymphoma Now Curable, but Should Cost Be Considered?
Scott Huntington, MD, MPH, discusses the cost of cancer drugs, and how prices have been increasing in recent decades, using the case of a real patient to illustrate his points.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - January 7, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Structural brain correlates of irritability and aggression in early manifest Huntington's disease - Martinez-Horta S, Sampedro F, Horta-Barba A, Perez-Perez J, Pagonabarraga J, G ómez-Ansón B, Kulisevsky J.
In Huntington's disease (HD), irritability and aggressive behavior represent highly prevalent and disabling neuropsychiatric symptoms. However, their structural brain correlates have not been extensively explored. Here, we rated the severity of irritabilit... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 6, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Patient desperately needs his health records, but disgraced doctor won't give them up
The caregiver of a London man with Huntington's disease says she's still waiting for disgraced neurologist Harvey Christopher Hyson to provide medical records she says are needed to ensure Darrin Smyth gets proper care. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/London Source Type: news
