Every week neurologist Victor Sung sees people with Huntington’s disease, a rare and devastating neurodegenerative disorder, at his clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. But last ...

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People affected by Huntington’s disease could at last benefit from the first treatment to slow the fatal neurodegenerative condition. Scientists from University College London (UCL) found patients ...

Nick Benz-Bushling never imagined that managing his son’s mental health care would turn into a real-life horror story. After years of struggles, 16-year-old Johnathan attempted suicide in February.

Doctors have announced the first successful treatment for Huntington’s disease, a devastating inherited condition that combines symptoms of dementia, Parkinson’s and motor neurone disease. The ...

Leucovorin is being reviewed by the FDA for treating cerebral folate deficiency, which causes developmental delays and autism-like features in children. GSK aims to update leucovorin's label for CFD ...

Getting the treatment into the brain requires a complex surgery, during which doctors use MRI to guide tiny catheters into the correct spots in the organ. The treatment is given in one dose, so only ...

A gamer seeking financial support for cancer treatment lost $32,000 after downloading from Steam a verified game named BlockBlasters that drained his cryptocurrency wallet. BlockBlasters is a 2D ...

President Donald Trump and his top health aides plan to link a common over-the-counter pain medication to autism and name another drug as a possible treatment for the brain development condition.

Readers respond to a guest essay by Keith Humphreys and an article about a fentanyl death. To the Editor: Re “Forced Drug Treatment Isn’t Horrific. It’s a Relief,” by Keith Humphreys (Opinion guest ...

With informed consent, you generally have the right to seek a second opinion or refuse treatment unless refusing poses a danger to the community or a court of law declares you “mentally incompetent.” ...