caregiver Archives - Good News! https://goodnewsplanet.com/tag/caregiver/ Life Affirming Good News Fri, 06 Oct 2023 17:26:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://goodnewsplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-Earth-1200-×-1200-px-32x32.png caregiver Archives - Good News! https://goodnewsplanet.com/tag/caregiver/ 32 32 THE IMPACT OF HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE (H-D) CANNOT BE UNDERESTIMATED. https://goodnewsplanet.com/the-impact-of-huntingtons-disease-h-d-cannot-be-underestimated/ Fri, 06 Oct 2023 17:20:14 +0000 https://goodnewsplanet.com/?p=82826 Listen to “THE IMPACT OF HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE (H-D) CANNOT BE UNDERESTIMATED.” on Spreaker. WITH APPROXIMATELY 41,000 ADULTS CURRENTLY AFFECTED IN THE U.S. AND ANOTHER 200,000 PEOPLE AT RISK, THE IMPACT OF HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE (H-D) CANNOT BE UNDERESTIMATED. APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT OF PEOPLE WITH HD EXPERIENCE CHOREA (kor-ee-uh), AN INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT DISORDER THAT IMPACTS ALL AREAS …

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WITH APPROXIMATELY 41,000 ADULTS CURRENTLY AFFECTED IN THE U.S. AND ANOTHER 200,000 PEOPLE AT RISK, THE IMPACT OF HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE (H-D) CANNOT BE UNDERESTIMATED. APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT OF PEOPLE WITH HD EXPERIENCE CHOREA (kor-ee-uh), AN INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT DISORDER THAT IMPACTS ALL AREAS OF LIFE.

INDIVIDUALS WITH H-D CHOREA AND THEIR CAREGIVERS CONSISTENTLY DISPLAY REMARKABLE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF SUCH TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES.

JOINING US TODAY TO SHED LIGHT ON THIS DISEASE AND A NEW TREATMENT FOR HD CHOREA SYMPTOMS IS DR. ERIN FURR-STIMMING [FUR-STEM-ING], AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD, ALONG WITH KATIE JACKSON, WHO ADVOCATES FOR THOSE WITH H-D.

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Dr. Erin Furr Stimming Bio

Dr. Erin Furr Stimming joined the Neurology faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2007 after completing her internship, residency and fellowship at McGovern Medical School-UTHealth. Her clinical expertise is evaluating and treating patients with Huntington’s disease (HD), Parkinson’s disease, atypical parkinsonian syndromes, focal and generalized dystonia, essential tremor and spasticity.

From 2011-2017, Dr. Furr Stimming she served as Chief of Neurology at Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Hospital. In 2016, she was awarded 1 of 39 designated Level 2 Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) Centers of Excellence in the country and the only one in Texas. She has focused her clinical efforts on helping those with this devastating neurological disorder and raising awareness through education. She is currently a Professor and Director of the Neurology Clerkship Program.

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