Ryan Colburn is a rare disease patient with a professional background in engineering and operations management, spending portions of his career working on racecars, airplanes, and rockets. Diagnosed with Pompe disease in 2015, he has spent the time since learning about rare disease topics including research, advocacy, and drug development to better understand how to . . .
Today marks the first day of open enrollment for the national Health Insurance Marketplace and many state health insurance marketplaces. If you purchase your health insurance from either the state or federal marketplace, it’s important that you take a look at the plans available for 2020 to ensure that they meet the needs of you . . .
For the last four months, Amy Shinneman has been training to do something she never imagined doing: hitting the pavement as a participant in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Amy, a 45-year-old Noblesville, Ind., native, lives with Bethlem myopathy, a form of Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy that causes muscle weakness throughout her limbs. “From . . .
Receiving a diagnosis of a neuromuscular disease is often not easy — there can be denial, anger, grief, and a frustrating sense that maybe life is, in a way, over. For Wolfgang Pernice, PhD, however, being diagnosed with Charcot Marie Tooth disease (CMT) in his early teens didn’t bother him that much. He says his . . .
An older gentleman came up to me once. I had just been on TV for the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon talking about how facioscalpulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) affects my facial muscles and my ability to really smile and show my teeth. The gentleman put his hand on my shoulder and said with good . . .
Like many pre-medical students, Justin Cohen discovered along the way that what he really liked was research. However, unlike others who exchange the stethoscope for a microscope, Justin had a strikingly different motivating factor — he has been living with the disease he studies, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), for almost as long as he can . . .
Researchers at the University of Rochester in New York seek patients diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who are interested in helping to develop disease-specific patient-reported outcome measures for future clinical trials. This study will help to determine the most critical symptoms of children, young adults, and adult patients with DMD, and as a result, . . .
Dr. Merit Cudkowicz, chief of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, where the ALS Multidisciplinary Clinic in the Healey Center for ALS is associated with MDA, is dedicated to performing academic-led clinical trials in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Her internationally renowned research has led to advanced treatments for people with living with ALS. What role has . . .
In 2016, former NFL player Tim Green was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and was private about his new life at first. Over time, Tim has become an advocate for research to find new treatments and cures, and he found strength in his doctor and his family. He shared his story on “60 Minutes” . . .
Just two weeks before her 28th birthday, and after a long search for an explanation for a series of symptoms, Sunny Brous was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Sunny has worked to remain independent and raise awareness to change the future of ALS. Her mantra is, “No apologies, no excuses, no regrets.” Can you . . .
