I've been blogging for a few years about misophonia, an auditory/neurological disorder that I have advocated for because I and (more importantly) one of my adult children are affected. Recently, at ...

Recent studies have defined a group of muscular dystrophies, now termed the dystroglycanopathies, as novel disorders of glycosylation. These conditions include Walker–Warburg syndrome, ...

Myotonic dystrophy is a condition that causes thinned muscles, decreased muscle tone, and muscle weakness. Over time, a person may lose their strength and have issues relaxing their muscles. The ...

Seven-year-old William, a Southern Oregon boy living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, is going to get a never-before-tried surgery designed specifically for his genetic mutation. NBC5’s medical ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic condition that causes increasing muscle weakness over time. While DMD currently has no cure, researchers are studying potential new treatments. When ...

A new mouse model mimicking the liver symptoms of myotonic dystrophy type 1 -- the most prevalent form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy -- provides insight into why patients develop fatty liver ...

Muscular dystrophy came for my vision first, although I did not know it at the time. On the second Friday morning of April 2020, I realized quite suddenly I couldn’t read out of my right eye. I could ...

Your muscles need continuous maintenance to stay strong and healthy. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) happens when there is a change in a person's genetic ...

The first gene therapy for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The therapy can be used in 4- and 5-year-olds with the degenerative ...

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a gene therapy that could potentially treat a rare and currently fatal ...