Columnist Patrick Moeschen emphasizes the importance of making advance directives and shares some tips for how to get started ...

Dealing with pain has become increasingly challenging for columnist Robin Stemple, who struggles to find relief from the hurt ...

The first patient has been dosed in a clinical trial testing Sardocor's one-time gene therapy for cardiomyopathy associated ...

Columnist Shalom Lim is energized by a recent program for youth leaders in Singapore that matched them with people from the ...

Households incur substantial costs to accommodate Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients, according to a survey of U.S.

Capricor plans to resubmit its application for the approval of deramiocel for DMD after the FDA declined to accept the ...

Researchers identified a unique protein signature in the blood of BMD and LGMD patients that may reflect disease progression.

A research team collected pain and prescription data from the medical records of 1,282 people with different types of ...

While looking at a hotel mirror, columnist Betty Vertin reflects on the past 15 years of raising three sons with DMD.

No description.Betty Vertin is a mother and writer living in rural Hastings, Nebraska, with her husband and seven children. Betty is a caregiver to three sons, Max, Rowen, and Charlie. Her oldest was ...

Exon skipping is a treatment for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy that may make the effects of the genetic disease less severe.

Columnist Betty Vertin embraces July's slower pace, a much-needed respite from caregiving demands for her family of nine.