On Saturday 21 September, Nathan Franklin, 31, and his friend Tom Grassby, 31, from Leeds, ran 53 miles – the equivalent of two marathons. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire ...

Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is the #1 voluntary health organization in the United States for people living with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related neuromuscular diseases. For more than ...

The life expectancy for a person with muscular dystrophy (MD) depends on which type of MD they ... Muscle weakness in the arms and legs causes up to 10% of people living with OPMD to need a wheelchair ...

Dombrowski, 32, is wheelchair-bound with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a muscle disease that begins in childhood ... He sees with a clarity and focus that other people don’t have, like me. I’m worried ...

The filmmakers had a few touchstones, like Joe Hunting's 2022 documentary "We Met in Virtual Reality" and the work of the ...

As part of that job, I’m also a caregiver to Max, Rowen, and Charlie, who all have Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD ... But there’s another reason: Care for one person with DMD is expensive, and we’re ...

Despite diagnostic and therapeutic advances, mortality and the multi-systemic health impact of SMA continue to be experienced ...

By testing how long people ages 50 and older could hold a one ... a research scientist and the W. Hall Wendel Jr. Musculoskeletal Research Professor at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

While one-third of older adults may never need long-term care services, many people do need the extra ... medical conditions ...

The quality of life and life expectancy of people with SMA1 will depend on the severity ... but newer treatments are increasing life expectancy. Muscular Dystrophy Association. Spinal muscular atrophy ...

A Pennsylvania woman, 38, tells PEOPLE that she credits Dateability, a dating app focused on the disabled and chronically ill ...

Tina Fegley, who has a form of Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair, admits to PEOPLE that navigating the dating world hasn’t been easy. “I feel like most guys would see the ...