Timing of the surgery varies and may be dictated by the underlying disorder. In the presence of muscular dystrophy, for example, we consider surgical intervention once the child is wheelchair-bound, ...

A rare and fatal form of muscular dystrophy has long posed a devastating diagnosis for children, primarily affecting boys.

DMD treatment SAT-3247 was safe and well-tolerated, and showed signs of increasing muscle strength in five adults, Satellos ...

gstt.sthames.nhs.uk Although bladder function is thought to be unaffected in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 46/88 boys interviewed had urinary problems. Nine underwent video urodynamics, showing in ...

Country music star Alan Jackson said during a Milwaukee concert he'd performed his final road show, a few years after ...

Data from the EMBARK trial suggest patients may have functional improvements taking the gene therapy between 8 and 9 years old.

Video: Living Safely, but Still Living a Full Life with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy —From being careful of small rugs in the house to adding a handrail to the stairs to the garage—these are ...

1 This research group had previously shown that 52.5% of patients treated ... longitudinal study used surveillance data from the multi-site Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking and Research ...

A new paper published in Gene Therapy raises serious concerns about the effectiveness of gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), after the treatment failed to show significant benefit ...

Health Secretary Neil Gray has been furiously condemned for failing to ensure access to a new muscular dystrophy drug for desperate children. About 30 boys with a rare form of the killer disease ...

Susana Moreira, suffering from degenerative muscular dystrophy, has become the face of Chile's euthanasia debate. A bill allowing euthanasia and assisted suicide for adults with terminal or ...