However, we do live in a time where doctors and other experts need to use charts, data ... Plus, BMI does not account for gender, age, or ethnicity, so it may not be an equally valid test for ...

The health care system could wind up providing long and costly care for Americans plagued by lingering effects of a covid infection, one HHS staffer warns. An estimated 23 million people have long ...

For survival analysis, the NMD group was subdivided into rapidly progressive NMD (eg, motor neuron disease) or slowly progressive NMD (eg, Duchenne muscular dystrophy ... timing of NIV initiation, ...

An 8-year-old northern Minnesota boy is one of the first in the country to receive a specific type of gene therapy treatment.

Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinical & Scientific Conference, convening in Dallas, Texas, from March 16-18, will feature ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarepta Therapeutics said Tuesday that a patient died while taking its closely watched gene therapy for muscular dystrophy, sending company shares plummeting more than 25%.

Learning from examples like congenital heart disease and cystic fibrosis can help health systems and clinicians prepare to care for an influx of patients with neuromuscular diseases as they reach ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window A young person with Duchenne muscular dystrophy died following treatment with the recently approved gene therapy ...

This chart shows two trends. The first is that industries with fewer women in the upper quartile of earners, such as construction, mining and manufacturing, tend to have larger gender pay gaps.