Huntington's Disease
Title: Huntington's Disease
Category: /Recreation & Sports/Health Care
Details: Words: 1075 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Huntington's Disease
Category: /Recreation & Sports/Health Care
Details: Words: 1075 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Old essay, lots o' content, just needs a good proofread -
HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
Huntington's disease, also known as Huntington's chorea is a genetic
disorder that usually shows up in someone in their thirties and forties,
destroys the mind and body and leads to insanity and death within ten to
twenty years. The disease works by degenerating the ganglia (a pair of nerve
clusters deep in the brain that controls movement, thought, perception, and
memory) and
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in American medicine. She also
developed a test to accurately determine whether or not someone will get
Huntington's disease.
Wexler will not reveal if she, herself has taken the test because she does a
multitude of genetic counciling, and does not want to sway her patients'
decisions on whether or not to take the test. But, whether she tests
positive or negative, Huntington's disease will live on. Unless scientists
like Wexler can find a cure.