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
New way to identify and track progression of Huntington's disease
(University of Southampton) Researchers at the universities of Southampton and Cambridge have developed a new technique to analyse biochemical changes unique to Huntington's disease. The breakthrough has the potential to lead to the improved diagnosis of disease onset and possibly better ways to track the effects of new treatments. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - December 16, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
The right mouse model is crucial for Huntington's disease drug development
(IOS Press) Huntington's disease (HD) is an incurable and fatal hereditary disease. Developing disease-modifying drugs to treat patients with HD depends on studying them in animal models. Scientists evaluated the mouse models used for developing new treatments for mood disorders in HD and recommended which of these models are most relevant to their studies. Their findings are published in the Journal of Huntington's Disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
University of Iowa receives major grant to continue work on Huntington's disease
(University of Iowa Health Care) Peg Nopoulos, MD, chair of psychiatry and professor of psychiatry, neurology, and pediatrics in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, has received a 5-year, $18 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to continue and expand a decade-long study on brain development in children at risk for developing Huntington's Disease (HD). (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Neurology patient desperate for medical records 1 year after doctor loses licence
A London doctor stripped of his medical licence in January says he will release the medical records of a former patient who's suffering from Huntington's disease, only after CBC called with questions. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - December 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/London Source Type: news
