"They had about a 65-to-70-percent reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in their 70s," says Huntington Potter, a neurobiologist at the University of South Florida.

南佛罗里达大学的神经生物学家，亨廷顿-波特说，“他们到了70多岁时，患老年痴呆症的风险降低了大约百分之65 ~ 70。”

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Its scientific name goes back to the New York physician George Huntington who was the first to describe the deadly disease in 1872.

它的学名来源于纽约的乔治亨廷顿医生，他首次在1872年描述了这种致死性疾病。

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The severe disease bearing the name of American physician George Huntington has been known under various other names, including Chorea major, or St. Vitus Dance, for a long time.

长期以来，这种具有美国医生乔治亨廷顿名字的严重疾病具有多个其他名字，包括舞蹈病，或圣维特舞蹈病。

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He had Huntington's Chorea, the same disease of the brain and nervous system that had killed his mother.

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Cath Stanley, of the UK's Huntington's Disease Association said she was not surprised by the findings.

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Cholinesterase inhibitors are not useful in dementia caused by Huntington's disease or traumatic brain injury.

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In 1983 researchers found the approximate location of the gene for Huntington's disease, the incurable brain illness.

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