Vamorolone (Agamree) is available on the NHS as a possible treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in people 4 years and over. Is this treatment right for me? Your healthcare professionals ...

There is a simple discount patient access scheme for vamorolone. NHS organisations can get details on the Commercial Access and Pricing (CAP) Portal. Non-NHS organisations can contact ...

Muscles that cross two joints seem to be the most common to cramp up. These include the calf (crossing the ankle and knee), the hamstring (crossing the knee and hip), and the quadriceps (also crossing ...

Some muscular dystrophies are mild. Others are more serious and can cause life-threatening muscle weakness. Most children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy ... weakness in the shoulders, upper ...

What Is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy? Muscular dystrophies are a group of diseases that make muscles weaker and less flexible over time. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common type.

The Mavericks are adjusting to life without Luka Doncic after the All-NBA guard suffered a calf injury on Christmas Day. Doncic is set to miss extended time after going down during Dallas' loss ...

This study found the altruism value for a hypothetical new Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment to be $80 per year. Objectives: To quantify the magnitude of altruism value as applied to a ...

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is an autosomal dominant muscle disease ... but also showed mild pseudohypertrophy of the calf muscles and abnormal increases in CK values that were not ...

The appearance of a new orca calf in Washington’s Puget Sound last month was cause for celebration. The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident ...

On Jan. 1, 2025, an orca was spotted carrying her recently deceased calf in an apparent act of grief. The whale, also known as Tahlequah, had previously made headlines in 2018 for carrying her ...

This was not the mother’s first time losing a child. In 2018, the endangered orca known as Tahlequah carried the body of her dead calf for at least 17 days, traversing more than 1,000 miles of ...

Scientists believe Tahlequah is expressing grief by continuing to push the calf's body, a behavior that expends valuable energy. While other orcas have been observed carrying their dead ...