The various types of MD affect more than 50,000 Americans. Through advances in medical care, children with muscular dystrophy are living longer than ever before. Muscular dystrophy is caused by ...

Only males can get certain types of muscular dystrophy because of how the disease is inherited. Children who are born with muscular dystrophy usually develop normally for the first few years of life.

I’d never been to Manchester Children’s Hospital or anywhere like that. “It was a big, petrifying experience – it was just awful.” Muscular Dystrophy (MD) is a group of genetic ...

Parents see symptoms much earlier and some symptoms are already visible when the children are very young. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is named after Dr Duchenne de Boulogne, who was one of the ...

There is an unmet need for therapies targeting Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)–related heart disease, and phase 2 results ...

Despite the obstacles, Riley Herrera had a life filled with family, sports, travel, faith and hope before his death on Nov.

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): An advanced centre for treating muscular dystrophy will soon be established at Chacha Nehru Children’s Hospital. The decision was taken after parents of children with ...

The gene therapy improved motor functions in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy two years after treatment ...