Johnny Quintana’s life changed at the age of 19 when he was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy called Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD).

A Minnesota mother and son urge action as National Institute of Health restrictions disrupt research vital to Muscular ...

While the last decade has brought considerable progress for patients with DMD, substantial unmet need remains. Several ...

People with muscular dystrophy have high levels of the enzyme creatine kinase. It’s made when muscles are damaged. They also have higher levels of serum aldolase, which is made when your body ...

Dystrophy is any condition in which a part of the body weakens or wastes away. In muscular dystrophy, the weakness is in the muscles. An inherited genetic mistake prevents the body from making a ...

Many times over the years since the 1989 car crash that nearly killed me, I’ve been asked if I had any near-death or out-of-body experiences while I ... have because of my facioscapulohumeral muscular ...

Although these diets may lead to more rapid weight loss, research suggests they’re more likely to cause reductions in muscle mass and water weight rather than fat mass and body fat percentage.

Researchers at the Experimental and Clinical Research Center in Berlin are developing a targeted treatment for muscular dystrophy with the help of gene ... now paves the way for first-in-human ...