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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 09 > Huntington’s victim to climb Kilimanjaro

Huntington’s victim to climb Kilimanjaro

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
February 9, 2009

MEDFORD — A young woman diagnosed with Huntington’s disease is heading to Africa to climb Mount Kilimanjaro before she is stricken with potentially crippling symptoms of the genetic disorder.

Heather Alimossy also hopes to raise money for research into the degenerative brain....

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