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...also has world-class performances, at student rates. The American Repertory Theare, one of the most illustrious theatre companies in the country, has student rush tickets for $12. The Regattabar at the Charles Hotel and Scullers Jazz Club at the Doubletree Hotel bring in world-renowned jazz performers. The Huntington Theater Company, located across from Symphony Hall, has student rush tickets for $14. If you want to catch Broadway shows for reduced prices, check out the Bostix kiosks in Copley Square and Faneuil Hall Market Place...
...test offers early diagnosis of Huntington's disease, but there may be few takers until the fatal genetic disorder can be treated...
...scientist, Nancy Wexler always thought she would want to know. Since watching her mother die in 1978 of Huntington's disease, the 41-year-old Columbia University neuropsychologist has wondered if she too will develop the untreatable and fatal brain disorder. She was all too aware that a child with a Huntington's parent has a 50% chance of contracting the inherited disease, usually between the ages of 35 and 45. Now the answer is hers for the asking, thanks to a complex chromosomal test Wexler herself helped devise...
Wexler is not alone in her dilemma. More than 100,000 Americans with a family history of Huntington's live with the knowledge that they may have inherited the defective gene. Like Wexler, many have decided not to have children, and are likely to be ambivalent about taking the test once it is no longer experimental. Recognizing how devastating a positive test result could be, Johns Hopkins, Columbia University and Massachusetts General Hospital are conducting a three-year study to determine the emotional impact of early diagnosis. "We're trying to find out what type of psychological care these people...
...Huntington's strikes about one in every 20,000 people eventually killing so many cells at the center of the brain that a gaping hole is created. But the first symptoms, such as irritability and depression, are often subtle. "We just thought it was an extreme mid-life crisis," says Wexler, recalling the onset of her mother's illness. "We blamed it all on Betty Friedan." Next come the neurological and motor effects that are often mistaken for drunkenness: slowed thought processes, slurred speech, impaired memory and problem-solving abilities. In the later stages of the disease, the patient...