Attending the 2026 Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) Convention in late June in Phoenix, Arizona, gave me the opportunity to meet professionals working to improve care for people affected by Huntington’s disease (HD). One of those professionals was Elizabeth Ferluga, MD, director of movement disorders at the telehealth…
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Motion data collected by a smartwatch may offer a more objective way to monitor worsening involuntary movements in people with Huntington’s disease than clinic visits alone, a study found. Researchers in the U.K. and Switzerland developed a digital tool to estimate the severity and progression of chorea, a hallmark…
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Disability benefits is one of those topics that my wife, Jill, and I never thought much about until Huntington’s disease forced it into the center of our lives. Before Jill was diagnosed as gene-positive in 2018, I vaguely pictured disability as something that happened to other people, a…
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My journey with invisible muscle movements known as chorea began in 2010, before I knew that Huntington’s disease was part of my story. It started with subtle, writhing movements in my toes. At first, the movements seemed small and easy to dismiss. I didn’t understand why they were happening,…
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