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50/50: Choice About Huntington's Disease on Film

Ok why not. An all YouTube day. We roll like that.

This one is a preview of a documentary from filmmakers Ted Bogosian, Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana, with the preview hosted by Danny DeVito; the film, 50/50, explores the dilemma that a carrier of Huntington's Disease faces when she realizes that she has a 50/50 chance of passing the devastating illness to her offspring. [Hat tip to someone named Teddy Bogosian, who emailed us from ClickStar about this "film about bioethics"]

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This was just a short introduction but it increased my interest. I would like to view this film for what it had to say. Again I say it raised my interest. I think if people saw the causes and effects of some illnesses and diseases they might change their lifestyle.

Huntington's sounds like a devestating disease. The documentary sounds informative and interesting. I have read some about the disease and can not image what it must be like to be diagnosed with such a life changing disease.

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