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For many Alzheimer's is a mystery disease affecting old people. Christine Boden was 46 when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and Who will I be when I die? is the story of her emotional physical and spiritual journey in the three years since then. Christine is living with the stages of Alzheimer's and provides a unique insight into how it feels to be gradually losing ability to undertake tasks most of us take for granted. Her story is remarkable because of the vigour with which she is undert...

Huntington's Disease is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder which results in severe nerve-cell damage. Advances in genetic counseling have increased the amount of information available to those potentially at risk. In this volume, the authors discuss the clinical genetic counseling aspects of Huntington's disease (Quarrell), the clinical presentation of Huntington's Disease (Hughes), and the basic biology underlying the pathogenesis of the disease (Rosser).