The HD View with Jody Goldstein

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The HD View with Jody Goldstein

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Greetings!

We have a new star with us today from UC San Diego, California on The HD View. Jody Goldstein has a very long list of accomplishments: BS in Biology from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), 10 years as coordinator for the UCSD Huntington's Disease Clinical Research Center (HDCRC), Genetically Handicapped Persons Program (GHPP), facilitator for the San Diego Huntington's Disease Support Group and serves as Study Coordinator for more than 18 Huntington's disease clinical studies, 21 publications in peer reviewed journals... the list goes on and she's bilingual working with the local Hispanic HD community. Wow, this is going to be a really great show.

Talk to you soon!

Your Host,

MELISSA BILIARDI

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About Huntington's disease

Huntington's disease (HD), a fatal hereditary brain disease, autosomal dominant gene mutation on chromosome 4, does not skip generations. Children of an HD parent have a 50/50 chance of inheriting the gene mutation. Juvenile Huntington's disease (JHD) is more virulent and devastating with seizures, dystonia and many other horrible and painful manifestations. Genetic testing is usually considered when a person presents with family history and symptoms which could be psychiatric, cognitive or movement disorders. Although a small percent of spontaneous cases do occur. About 1 in 10,000 people in the USA have HD with another 150,000 at risk. If that's true in the rest of the world, then 1.4 million people have HD and about 10% of these cases are in children.