Endocrine Myopathies

Does Spirituality Influence Acceptance of Disability?

A new study seeks to investigate the possible relationship between religion/spirituality and disability acceptance

posted on November 10, 2010 - 5:01pm
With approximately 54 million Americans living with disabilities, exploring and understanding factors that might facilitate or hinder acceptance of one’s disability may be an important area of research. But what exactly is the relationship between religious/spiritual attitudes and acceptance or lack of acceptance of disability for people with neuromuscular disorders?
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Study Seeks People With Uncertain MD Diagnoses

Researchers seek adults with nonspecific diagnoses of muscular dystrophy or myopathy, who might have late-onset Pompe disease

posted on August 27, 2010 - 2:30pm
A study to determine the early features of late-onset Pompe disease (acid maltase deficiency) is seeking 250 adults who have a clinical diagnosis of unclassified limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD), an uncertain diagnosis of other forms of muscular dystrophy (MD), or an unclassified myopathy (muscle disease) who do not carry any biochemical, metabolic, enzymatic, serologic (blood), molecular or
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Exercise Q&A
posted on April 1, 2009 - 2:00pm
QUEST Vol. 16, No. 2
Q: What is exercise? Why do it?
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New Directions

Can an immune response be rerouted to treat disease?

posted on July 1, 2008 - 1:00pm
QUEST Vol. 15, No. 4
What do inflammatory muscle diseases (myositis), myasthenia gravis, Lambert-Eaton syndrome, and dozens of other disorders like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, have in common?
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