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News items on 'Huntington's Disease'
Mother's heartache after Huntington's disease stole her family
(Daily Mail 21/10/2008)
When her loving GP husband started becoming irrational and bad-tempered, Fiona though it might just be the pressures of work. But, he suffered from a fatal degenerative illness. Huntington's disease is estimated to affect around 8,000 people in the UK. In adults the symptoms usually appear between 35 and 50. A blood test was introduced around 20 years ago.
'I don't want test to tell me if I have terminal illness'
(The Scotsman 29/03/2008)
WHEN Fiona Gailley recently turned 18 she faced a difficult decision ? one which could change the way she lived the rest of her life.
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