With No Cure, Little Hope, A Family Struggles With Huntington’s Disease

The Gonzalez family wages a fight with Huntington's disease, the inherited, degenerative and fatal brain disorder that usually strikes in mid-life. Raul Gonzalez, 35, was diagnosed with the disease a little more than two years ago, four years after it was detected in his daughter, Lizvet, now 16. Graciela Alfaro gets a smile from her daughter, Lizvet, in their home in Newman last month. Graciela Alfaro gets up from holding her daughter, Lizvet Gonzalez, on the couch last month.

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