THE DISEASE

Huntington's Disease: a devastating, hereditary, degenerative brain disorder for which there is, at present, no effective treatment or cure. HD slowly diminishes the affected individual's ability to walk, think, talk and reason. Eventually, the person with HD becomes totally dependent upon others for his or her care. Huntington's Disease profoundly affects the lives of entire families -- emotionally, socially and economically.

There are 30,000 persons in the U.S. currently diagnosed with HD, and each of their siblings and children has a 50 percent chance of developing it. HD is a "family disease," not just because it is inherited from a parent, but because it profoundly affects the entire family emotionally, socially and financially. There are more than 790,000 people in the U.S. impacted by the disease. HD, like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, takes a person away from their loved ones and the rest of the world long before they die. For more information, visit www.hdsa.org