People with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), the most common adult-onset form of muscular dystrophy, progressively lose ...

Researchers focused on Myotonic Dystrophy 1 heart problems are testing a novel approach to restore normal function.

Patients with myotonic dystrophy face unique challenges in managing their ... barriers and supporting behavior change to enhance long-term engagement in PA/E, contributing to improved health ...

In recent years, a growing understanding of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1)—an often fatal, devastating, rare neuromuscular disorder that causes muscle weakness and other life-limiting ...

Patients with myotonic dystrophy have smaller hearts, and lower systolic and diastolic blood pressures and pulse rates. They have impaired autonomic reflexes, measured by orthostatic, Valsalva ...

Thurman M. Wheeler, MD, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in Nature Communications, "Analysis of human urinary extracellular ...

More information: Preeti Kumari et al, Analysis of human urinary extracellular vesicles reveals disordered renal metabolism in myotonic dystrophy type 1, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038 ...

We report on a preterm neonate of 30 weeks gestational age who presented with marked muscular hypotonia and severe respiratory failure at birth and was diagnosed with congenital myotonic dystrophy.

About the rSM Program to Treat Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1) Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a form of muscular dystrophy and a genetic neuromuscular disease affecting at least 1 in 8,000 ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common adult-onset form of muscular dystrophy and a condition that severely ...