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.

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As a parent and caregiver to three sons with DMD, columnist Betty Vertin's definition of what success looks like has changed over the years.

The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has selected Lily Sander from Charlotte, North Carolina, as its 2025 MDA National ...

The Haslam family knew early on that their 10-year-old and 12-year-old were suffering from muscular dystrophy, but what they didn't know is that one day, the University of New Mexico Hospital would ...

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 ...

Altruism values for treatments of rare, severe pediatric diseases have not been estimated. This study found the altruism value for a hypothetical new Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment to be $80 ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a serious condition that causes progressive muscle weakness. It affects 2,500 boys and men in ...

When Raniya Scott was just two years old, her world changed with an unexpected diagnosis: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), ...

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), a nonprofit organization leading the fight to end Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne), will host its sixth in-person Duchenne Healthcare Professionals ...