Rut Perez is a highly vulnerable wheelchair user with muscular dystrophy. Hamas has taken 150 hostages and is holding them in Gaza, following the terrorist attacks on Israel. A disabled 17-year-old ...

Highlights from the 2025 Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Conference include clinical updates, expert insights, and ...

When Alice Wong was a baby newly diagnosed with spinal muscular dystrophy, a doctor told her parents — Chinese immigrants who’d settled in Indianapolis in the 1970s — that she may not live past the ...

Young people from the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign are to investigate whether UK universities are “restricting the futures” of disabled people by failing to provide enough support and proper facilities ...

More than 30 types of muscular dystrophy have been identified. They all cause problems with movement due to muscle protein defects caused by genetic mutations. Muscular dystrophy is a group of ...

A multidisciplinary team, usually led by a neurologist, treats muscular dystrophy (MD). They’ll tailor the type of treatment you receive to your specific needs. MD is a group of conditions that lead ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic condition that causes progressive muscle weakness and wasting. It is an X-linked recessive disorder that occurs due to changes in the DMD gene, which ...

Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is a type of muscular dystrophy, a genetic condition that weakens and damages muscles. It can worsen with age. However, its symptoms are less severe than those of ...

A young person with Duchenne muscular dystrophy died following treatment with the recently approved gene therapy delandistrogene moxeparvovec (Elevidys), Sarepta Therapeutics said in a statement ...

Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) is a disease that affects certain muscles. Individuals with CMD may experience symptoms such as muscle weakness and joint problems. “Congenital” means present since ...

Darius was a rapper suffering from DMD and advocating for disability rights. — -- Darius Weems, the inspiring rapper and dynamic disability rights advocate who suffered from Duchene muscular ...

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