Muscular dystrophy is a disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. The muscles of muscular dystrophy patients weaken and atrophy over time. Heart and breathing muscles may also eventually be ...

The family of a boy with a severe degenerative muscle disease has urged their local hospital to prescribe a drug that could help slow down the progress of the condition. Six-year-old Jack was ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Department of Health on Friday announced that it will add Duchenne muscular dystrophy to the list of conditions for which Minnesota newborns are typically screened. DMD is ...

12-year-old Deklan Locke, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, uses a power wheelchair and raises awareness about the disease. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rare genetic disorder that causes muscle ...

Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited conditions that lead to progressive weakening of voluntary muscles and, in some cases, impact the heart and other organs. There are nine major types of ...

Jon Whitmer likes to laugh and is quick with a joke. When people ask how he's doing, he often says, "I'm doing pretty good for a guy who's been dead for 22 years." The remark refers to the fact that ...

The odds said Brecken Kinney, 9, would be in a wheelchair by now. That’s not the case. Kinney, who lives with his parents and two younger brothers in Mahtomedi, has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy, affecting about 1 in 8,000 people.