In the fall of 2010, Raul Carranza arrived on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles by way of Eastlake High School and Southwestern College, pursuing a psychology degree. By the ...

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 ...

The BBC reported that a new study has provided “hope for Duchenne muscular dystrophy”. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a progressive condition caused by mutations within a person’s DNA that prevent ...

Muscular dystrophy is a group of diseases that make muscles weaker and less flexible over time. It is caused by a problem in the genes that control how the body keeps muscles healthy. For some people, ...

Muscular dystrophy can appear in infancy up to middle age or later, and its form and severity are determined in part by the age at which it occurs. Some types of muscular dystrophy typically affect ...

Lynn O’Connor Vos is president and CEO of Muscular Dystrophy Association. What’s the one big thing most people don’t realize about the Muscular Dystrophy Association? It is the largest source of ...

Muscular dystrophy is a group of conditions that damage and weaken your muscles over time. Symptoms, age of onset, and outlook depend on the type of muscular dystrophy you have. Muscular dystrophy ...

A drug that works like a “molecular patch” to bypass faulty genes has brought new hope to children with a devastating muscle-wasting disease. For the first time, research has shown it is possible to ...

Our choice of psychological adaptation to DBMD as the study outcome is consistent with the preferences expressed during community engagement (described below). Predictor variables were chosen based on ...

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 ...