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Spring Survey 2012 Results

Conference Coverage:

American Academy of Neurology 2009

Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology

The 2009, 61st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Seattle was the venue for studies presented across a wide range of neurologic conditions and a place for thousands of neurology specialists to discuss the most current issues.

Patient Power interviewed three experts, two physician researchers and a patient-advocate, for their views on important topics.

Katie Moser

Going Public to Help Others with Huntington’s Disease

Katie Moser

Twenty-seven year old Katie Moser of New York City has several relatives with the serious genetic condition, Huntington’s Disease. It can be a life shortening and disabling condition. Katie knows this all too well because among her relatives with Huntington’s Disease are her grandfather and her mother and also because she worked as an occupational therapist in a center for people with HD.

Five years ago she decided to have the genetic test to see if she was positive for the HD gene. The test came back positive. And, although this was before Congress had passed legislation to protect people with genetic conditions, she decided to “go public.” In this interview Katie shares why she has dedicates herself to speaking out and how it’s changed her life.

Read Andrew's Blog: Katie's Courage

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Dr. Rajeev Kumar

New Medicine and Promising Research for Huntington’s Disease

Dr. Rajeev Kumar

Last Fall the first medicine specifically for a common symptom of Huntington’s Disease was approved by the FDA. Now patients and their doctors have a new tool to help, and there are other medicines for symptom management and research about the underlying disease that show promise. Dr. Rajeev Kumar, medical director at a Huntington’s Disease Center of Excellence outside Denver, shares his view of a new day in the fight against this serious genetic condition.

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Dr. Patricio F. Reyes

Medical Food, a New, Approved Tool to Help Against Alzheimer’s

Dr. Patricio F. Reyes

There are pills, and a patch, and now there is a prescription-only “medical food” to help patients control the symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease. According to noted expert, Dr. Patricio F. Reyes, a neurologist and neuropathologist, it is one more tool and a sign of progress in the search for control of symptoms and ultimately a way to slow progression of Alzheimer’s.

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