During a routine test, Johnny's middle school nurse discovered his severe scoliosis, a prevalent symptom of Marfan. This unexpectedly set his family on a path to uncover his underlying diagnosis at ...

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the presence and size of dural ectasia is associated with back pain in patients with Marfan syndrome. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Dural ectasia is present in more ...

Kayleigh Dixon has spent her adult life struggling with a range of back and spinal conditions. These include a condition ...

PIP claims range from £28.70 to £184.30 per week, meaning successful applicants could receive between £114.80 and £737.20 every four-week pay period. PIP is designed to assist individuals with daily ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that over 1.1 million adults across Great Britain are now receiving support through PIP ...

Vascular complications, though rare in classical EDS, can be life-threatening, and this necessitates one to look for vascular associations in non-vascular, such as classical, forms of EDS due to the ...

Deciding to start a family is a big decision for any couple, but it’s even more nerve-wracking when the mom-to-be has a ...

OBJECTIVES: To determine the characteristics of infantile scoliosis in Marfan syndrome and the response to treatment of patients with this condition. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: No previous study ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...

In light of the effects that PP2A can exert on the mTOR pathway, we hypothesized that PP2A activation by small-molecule activators of PP2A could mitigate AA progression in Marfan syndrome (MFS). Two ...