Pediatric cardiologists and other experts at an MDA-sponsored meeting exchanged information and planned studies regarding the heart in DMD and BMD
posted on January 28, 2011 - 2:10pm
Although it’s clear that people with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies should be closely monitored and treated by heart specialists, doctors and researchers at a recent MDA-sponsored meeting say there still are many unanswered questions about optimal clinical care of the DMD/BMD-affected heart.
posted on January 1, 2011 - 4:00pm
Susan Perlman, M.D., director of the Ataxia Clinic, Department of Neurology, University of California-Los Angeles, is a neurologist who’s been doing research in, and taking care of individuals with, Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) for some 30 years. In November 2010, she talked with Margaret Wahl, MDA’s medical and science editor.
After a year of planning, new recommendations for physicians caring for DMD patients have been released
posted on December 3, 2009 - 4:23pm
A comprehensive set of clinical care recommendations for the diagnosis and management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is now available to medical professionals and families.
The complete recommendations, in printable PDF format, can be read here:
posted on October 1, 2009 - 3:10pm
Q: What could possibly be bad about children with neuromuscular diseases living longer life spans than has been common in the past?
A: As these children become adolescents and then adults, they encounter a medical system and society that are not prepared to accommodate them.
MDA clinical trial network gets to work
posted on January 2, 2009 - 4:37pm
Speeding the course of clinical trials for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is one of the main goals of MDA’s new clinical trial network – and the work already has begun.
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Investigators at five elite U.S. centers are working together to support trials and studies and collaborate on DMD-related projects. The centers are located at:
The benefits of standers for children are clear
posted on January 1, 2009 - 2:31pm
Ten-year-old Morgan Fritz of St. Peters, Mo., received a spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) diagnosis when she was 15 months old. Three months later, she began a standing program, and she’s kept at it ever since.
Genetic testing in the 21st century
posted on November 1, 2008 - 5:42pm
From the Human Genome Project to TV medical and crime shows, to an evergrowing list of genetic tests purported to diagnose diseases, trace your ancestry or predict your future, DNA seems to be the subject of the day.
Even those who choose not to undergo testing find it hard to ignore. Whether or not to get tested is a personal decision. But since the DNA testing genie isn’t going back in the...
