All muscular dystrophies cause muscle weakness, but life expectancy can vary dramatically between types of muscular dystrophy.

"Muscular dystrophy can take many things from me, but it will not take away my happiness, nor will it take away my faith." ...

A person may inherit the genetic changes responsible for muscular dystrophy. These genetic changes can also occur due to spontaneous genetic mutations. In either case, the disease is not preventable.

Muscular dystrophies are a group of inherited disorders that cause progressive breakdown of muscle tissue. Two of the most common types are Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular ...

There are numerous forms of Muscular Dystrophy. For those of us who are affected by it (and for people who don’t know much about the disease) this can be very confusing! I suffer from a particular ...

Muscular Dystrophy Association Marks Rare Disease Day by Spotlighting Community Stories Driving Progress in Research, Care, ...

"High clinical suspicion is important for this population of patients. Since muscular dystrophy is progressive in nature, monitoring disease progression in these patients is critical for timing ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A therapy using embryonic stem cells helped restore muscle function in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common form of muscular dystrophy in children, U.S.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — There’s new hope for children born with a fatal form of muscular dystrophy. Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is one of the first in the nation and one of only three hospitals in ...

There is no cure for DMD, but treatments can slow the progression of the disease and help improve quality of life. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a chronic condition that causes a gradual loss ...

Nov. 13 -- THURSDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that a drug used to treat pneumonia might serve as an effective treatment against a type of muscular dystrophy. They tested the drug ...