Muscular dystrophy is a group of conditions that damage and weaken your muscles over time. Symptoms, age of onset, and outlook depend on the type of muscular dystrophy you have. Muscular dystrophy ...

Entering the age of 2 years, almost most children will start to actively explore their surroundings. However, there are some who appear lethargic due to muscle weakness in their bodies. This condition ...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues have found that a toxic protein made by the body called DUX4 may be the cause of two very different rare genetic disorders. For ...

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a rare inherited disorder that causes weakness in the eye and throat muscles. It may lead to drooping eyelids and swallowing difficulties. Muscular ...

A person may inherit the genetic changes responsible for muscular dystrophy. These genetic changes can also occur due to spontaneous genetic mutations. In either case, the disease is not preventable.

There is no cure for DMD, but treatments can slow the progression of the disease and help improve quality of life. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a chronic condition that causes a gradual loss ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy, affecting about 1 in 8,000 people. While it is well known for causing muscle weakness and stiffness, DM1 also ...

A study by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers sheds new light on the development and treatment of a rare form of muscular dystrophy. The study's findings were recently published in ...

Gene therapy may have the potential to cure Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but early results from clinical trials have not been as promising as researchers hoped. Research is ongoing. Duchenne muscular ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disease that causes progressive muscle weakness. DMD commonly affects boys, where symptoms are seen in early childhood. There is no cure for DMD. Health ...