Researchers focused on Myotonic Dystrophy 1 heart problems are testing a novel approach to restore normal function. Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1) is the most common adult-onset form of muscular ...

Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1) is the most common adult-onset form of muscular dystrophy and a condition that severely affects multiple organs including skeletal muscle, heart, brain and the ...

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is an alternative to prenatal diagnosis for patients at risk of transmitting an inherited disease such as myotonic dystrophy type 1(DM1) to their offspring. In ...

This study was carried out on 9 patients with myotonic dystrophy and 8 with slowly progressive nonmyotonic muscular dystrophy admitted to the Neurology Service at Duke University Hospital and the ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 incurs high healthcare costs, driven by age and comorbidities like cardiac and respiratory issues. Early detection and integrated management of multisystemic complications ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Stand-up comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried, who died this week at 67, lived for years with the rare genetic muscle disorder myotonic dystrophy type 2, a common form of muscular ...

The prevalence of myotonic dystrophy type 1 ranges between 0.5 and 18.1 per 100 000 population, making it the most common muscular dystrophy, ahead of Duchenne and facioscapulohumeral muscular ...

PHOENIX - We are learning more about the death of comedian Gilbert Gottfried, which was announced on April 12. According to a statement from Gottfried's longtime friend and publicist, Glenn Schwartz, ...

A new mouse model mimicking the liver symptoms of myotonic dystrophy type 1—the most prevalent form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy—provides insight into why patients develop fatty liver disease and ...

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried, shown in a 2016 photo, died on Tuesday, April 12, from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II. Scott Roth Scott Roth/Invision/AP Comedian ...