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HDBuzzFeed

  1. Exercise boosts cellular recycling in mice. Could this be why exercise is also good for HD– or even help develop drugs? hdbuzz.net/84
  2. Do You Really Want To Know, documentary on genetic testing for Huntington's disease feat. HDBuzz cofounder Jeff Carroll straight.com/article-674286…
  3. Announcing the HDBuzz Prize for young science writers! hdbuzz.net/83
  4. HD patients are less likely to get cancer, according to a study from Sweden - what does this mean? hdbuzz.net/82
  5. Closing the care gap: new guidelines to help every Huntington's disease patient get great care hdbuzz.net/81
  6. Cancer is less common in #Huntington's disease and other 'CAG repeat' diseases? HDBuzz article coming soon hdbuzz.net
  7. HDBuzz looks back at the 2012 Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference hdbuzz.net/79
  8. A new job for a DNA-reading protein called SPT4 - controlling the balance of mutant and healthy huntingtin protein hdbuzz.net/78
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  10. Hello to all our new followers in search of the latest Huntington's disease news. Check out hdbuzz.net
  11. We're preparing our Therapeutics Conference retrospective & interview with CHDI's top scientists, plus several new science articles #hddrugs
  12. Day 3 of our coverage of the Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference hdbuzz.net/77
  13. HDBuzz editors Jeff and Ed are describing HDBuzz to the therapeutic conference as we Tweet #hddrugs
  14. Simon Noble unveils CHDI's logo- a tree made of molecules, representing HD families, connectedness and drugs! twitter.com/HDBuzzFeed/sta…
  15. Hayden: these changes will require us to get better at diagnosing HD and mean that more funding for HD care is needed. #hddrugs
  16. Hayden: That means that as many as one in a thousand people in BC is at 25 or 50% risk #hddrugs
  17. Hayden: thorough search in British Columbia reveals the prevalence is twice as high as previously thought - at least 1 in 6,800 #hddrugs
  18. Hayden: increasing awareness of HD has also brought more HD-affected people to medical attention #hddrugs
  19. Hayden: The true prevalence of Huntington's is probably much higher than previously thought hdbuzz.net/6 #hddrugs
  20. Prevalence is the name scientists use for how many people are affected by a condition at any time. #hddrugs