This page contains recent news articles, when available, and an overview of but does not offer medical advice. You should contact your physician with regard to any health issues or concerns. Background information on Student group moulds Labrador business  -  Mar 12, 2008 Muse,Moulder of Dreams is a not-for-profit organization that runs a pottery studio for people suffering with myotonic dystrophy in Port Hope Simpson, Funding helps mould future for Port Hope Simpson pottery studio  -  Feb 27, 2008 St. John's Telegram,The Moulder of Dreams studio provides employment to sufferers of myotonic dystrophy, a form of muscular dystrophy that afflicts about 10 per cent of people REV. TIMOTHY JOHN FITZGERALD  -  Mar 12, 2008 Fort Dodge Messenger,He passed away at the Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames suddenly of complications of the neuromuscular disease, myotonic dystrophy. New Mouse Model Gives Clue To Muscle-wasting In Myotonic Dystrophy ...  -  Feb 13, 2008 Science Daily (press release)13, 2008) — A mouse bred to have the same genetic mutation as people with myotonic dystrophy provides important clues about the cause of muscle wasting in New fund set up in name of Jenny  -  Jan 31, 2008 Woking News and Mail,Rex White, 74, lost his first wife, Jenny, to myotonic dystrophy when she was just 44 and his current wife Jessica also has the condition. Alex Steven Baxter  -  Feb 11, 2008 Fayette Daily News,Alex Steven Baxter, 6 months old, went home to be with Jesus February 6, 2008 after a courageous battle with Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy. Gene-Targeted Therapies for the Central Nervous System  -  Feb 11, 2008 Archives of NeurologyModulating splicing patterns with antisense oligonucleotides is also being used as a therapy for myotonic dystrophy 23 and Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Clinical Neurophysiology of Fatigue  -  29 Dec 2007 ProHealth's ImmuneSupport.com,...myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, facioscapulohumeral dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy and hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type-I. More UVA reports surprising findings related to myotonic muscular dystrophy  -  Dec 17, 2007 PhysOrg.com,New research from the University of Virginia Health System shows that, in cases of Type 1 myotonic muscular dystrophy (DM1), a well known heart protein does Insmed for treatment of Myotonic Muscular  -  Dec 19, 2007 Checkbiotech.org (press release),Insmed Inc., a developer of follow-on biologics and biopharmaceuticals, announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Updated Narcolepsy Guidelines Address Other Hypersomnias  -  Dec 5, 2007 Medscape (subscription)Modafinil or methylphenidate may be effective treatment options for daytime sleepiness from myotonic dystrophy. Based on their review of the literature, Flood-hit tenants home for Christmas  -  Dec 17, 2007 Oxford Mail,Diabetic Jennifer Soanes,61, who also suffers from the muscular condition myotonic dystrophy, said: "When I walked into the flat I just cried and cried with Drooping eyelid needs attention  -  Dec 4, 2007 Milford Daily News,Certain muscle wasting diseases, for example myotonic dystrophy, can affect the levator muscle and cause ptosis. The other major category of causes of Practice parameters discuss treatment for narcolepsy, other ...  -  Dec 1, 2007 EurekAlert (press release),Modafinil, methylphenidate may be effective for treatment of daytime sleepiness due to myotonic dystrophy. “Since the publication of the 2000 paper, zeroing in on rna-binding in myotonic dystrophy  -  Nov 12, 2007 Science Daily (press release)...issue of the journal rna. when the findings were initially presented in september at the annual meeting of the myotonic dystrophy foundation in italy, researchers reverse key symptom of muscular dystrophy  -  Nov 16, 2007 Science Daily (press release)...myotonic dystrophy -- the most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults -- is characterized by progressive muscle wasting and weakness, particularly in muscular dystrophy treatment shows promise  -  Nov 15, 2007 U.S. News & World Report,...according to the mda, myotonic dystrophy is one of nine forms of muscular dystrophy, a group of genetic, degenerative and potentially disabling diseases molecule raises hope in battle against muscular dystrophy  -  Nov 15, 2007 AFP..."this work should provide hope and encouragement to people with myotonic dystrophy and their families," thornton said. scientists reverse key muscular dystrophy symptom in mice  -  Nov 18, 2007 Ivanhoe,...myotonic dystrophy is the most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults. patients with the disease have progressive muscle wasting and weakness, muscular dystrophy symptom reversible?  -  Nov 15, 2007 WebMD..."this work should provide hope and encouragement to people with myotonic dystrophy and their families," university of rochester neurologist charles thornton muscle disease symptom reversed  -  Nov 15, 2007 BBC News,...we should not be content to keep this condition from getting worse -we should set our set our sights on making it better. myotonic dystrophy - the most 2 families get a lasting gift  -  Nov 25, 2007 Charlotte Observer,...jeanna, 8, was born with myotonic dystrophy and was on a ventilator for the first six months of life. she was a student at weddington elementary from ufgi fall 2007 seminar series  -  Oct 29, 2007 University of Florida,...ufgi fall 2007 seminar series presents "coordinated regulation of alternative splicing during development and its disruption in myotonic dystrophy" with clc-1 helps mice get a move on  -  Nov 15, 2007 EurekAlert (press release),...common to all forms of muscular dystrophy, patients with the most common form of muscular dystrophy affecting adults, myotonic dystrophy type 1 (dm1), i survived heart attacks, strokes and cancer, thanks to the nhs  -  Nov 5, 2007 Sunderland Echo,...doctors diagnosed myotonic dystrophy, a muscle wasting illness which causes severe aches and pains. an operation at sunderland royal to remove the john rises to triple climbing challenge  -  Nov 8, 2007 Salisbury Journal,...had been to undertake a physical challenge which would raise money and awareness for myotonic dystrophy. this rare congenital muscle-wasting condition, RNA-binding Protein Key To One Form Of Muscular Dystrophy  -  Oct 12, 2007 Science Daily (press release)Science Daily — Increased levels of a protein called CUGBP1 play an important role in the adult-onset form of muscular dystrophy called myotonic dystrophy Postdoctoral Positions  -  Oct 11, 2007 Nature.com (subscription),Deciphering the role of muscleblind protein complexes in defining the splice code in normal and myotonic dystrophy muscle cells. Your health questions answered  -  Oct 9, 2007 Independent,Several years ago I had a genetic test which showed that I do not carry the myotonic dystrophy gene and I will therefore not develop the disease. Molecular Probe Can Distinguish between Myotonic Dystrophies Type ...  -  Oct 16, 2007 DG NewsBy Jacquelyn Beals WASHINGTON, DC -- October 16, 2007 -- Italian researchers have found a molecular probe that differentiates between myotonic dystrophy Children with Neuromuscular Diseases at Risk for Decreased Bone ...  -  Oct 16, 2007 Newswise (press release)...including 10 with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 2 with Becker muscular dystrophy, 1 with myotonic dystrophy, 1 with spinal muscular atrophy, Trio rescue group in fire  -  Oct 12, 2007 Walla Walla Union-Bulletin,Key, 38, suffers from myotonic dystrophy, a muscle-wasting genetic disorder, and uses a wheelchair, said Bruce, Key's stepfather. Mouse With Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Finds RNA Binding Proteins At ...  -  Sep 9, 2007 Science Daily (press release)Science Daily — A new mouse model for myotonic dystrophy -- the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy -- helped Baylor College of Medicine Familial Turner Mosaicism 46XX/45XO With Brain Calcification  -  Sep 7, 2007 Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)Nat Genet 2000; 26:191–194[CrossRef][Medline] Liquori CL, Ricker K, Moseley ML, et al: Myotonic dystrophy type 2 caused by a cctg expansion in intron 1 of A new RNA disease?  -  Aug 15, 2007 Scientist,Researchers studying myotonic dystrophy (DM), a neuromuscular degenerative condition, found a decade ago that DM was mediated by an elongated repeating Biologists at Tufts University discover 1 reason why chromosomes ...  -  Aug 3, 2007 EurekAlert (press release),...human genetic diseases such as Huntington's disease (a degenerative neurological disease) and myotonic dystrophy (a type of muscular dystrophy). IMMs Caskey Developed DNA Technique Feds Use to ID Americas Most ...  -  Jun 12, 2007 DentalPlans.com,...a genetic variation he linked to a form of mental retardation called Fragile X Syndrome and a type of muscular dystrophy named myotonic dystrophy. Stoudemire's foul trouble linked to inconsistencies  -  Apr 12, 2007 Arizona Republic,Dallas and Jessie have myotonic dystrophy, more severe than muscular dystrophy. It is untreatable and has a wide range of effects, including heart disease, Woman who was adopted from Mother Teresa’s orphanage in Calcutta ...  -  Apr 2, 2007 Villages Daily Sun,Myotonic dystrophy, a progressive muscle disease, eventually overcame her. The Apedailes didn’t look like a traditional family (if there is such a thing) BHSU holds ninth annual Black Hills Research Symposium  -  Mar 30, 2007 Black Hills Pioneer,His research interests include studying the function of myotonic dystrophy protein kinase which regulates mitosis and cytokinesis and searching for the A real estate deal too bad to be true  -  Mar 30, 2007 MaineToday.com,Bernier, 46, is disabled by myotonic dystrophy, a neurological disease that attacks everything from how one's muscles work to how one's brain functions. The littlest Ambassador  -  Feb 16, 2007 WFIE-TV,Baylee was only four when she diagnosed with Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy, a disease that runs in her family. As a Goodwill Ambassador, Baylee will do her Compounds Target RNA Linked to Type of Muscular Dystrophy  -  Feb 21, 2007 UB News Center,...medicinal chemist has identified compounds to target a ribonucleic acid (RNA) that causes a form of muscular dystrophy called myotonic dystrophy, or DM. People . . . You Know  -  Feb 2, 2007 London Free Press,Funds were raised for the William Singeris National Centre for Myotonic Dystrophy at Children's Hospital of Western Ontario. Adventures in Real Estate, Part One: The Broker from Hell  -  Feb 13, 2007 Blogcritics.org,This past year, G was diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy — a rare, congenital form of adult muscular dystrophy. His doctor told him he would probably not A granny's salute to her brave boys  -  Jan 5, 2007 This is Wiltshire.co.uk,Both suffer from myotonic dystrophy, a rare congenital condition for which there is currently no cure, and their grandmother, Sue Kelly, who lives in Martin KU Researchers Explore Human Disease Through Tiny Roundworm  -  Dec 2, 2006 Kansas City infoZine,Six5 is associated with a type of muscular dystrophy in humans, called myotonic dystrophy. "Many of the defects that we've seen ... Roundworms used in cancer research  -  Dec 5, 2006 University Daily Kansan,...runs. Lundquist identified a worm gene that is associated with myotonic dystrophy type I: a form of muscular dystrophy in humans. ... Boy died at Army fun day  -  Dec 7, 2006 Manchester Evening News,The 13-year-old, from Beaumont Crescent, Ashton, had been diagnosed with a condition called myotonic dystrophy at the age of six, which resulted in him having ... Roundworms used in cancer research  -  Dec 5, 2006 University Daily Kansan,...runs. Lundquist identified a worm gene that is associated with myotonic dystrophy type I: a form of muscular dystrophy in humans. ... KU Researchers Explore Human Disease Through Tiny Roundworm  -  Dec 2, 2006 Kansas City infoZine,Six5 is associated with a type of muscular dystrophy in humans, called myotonic dystrophy. "Many of the defects that we've seen ... Boy died at Army fun day  -  Dec 7, 2006 Manchester Evening News,The 13-year-old, from Beaumont Crescent, Ashton, had been diagnosed with a condition called myotonic dystrophy at the age of six, which resulted in him having ... Needing A Helping Hand  -  Nov 21, 2006 WCIV,Jim, who dabbles in art, is uninsured and suffers from spinal arthritis and the early stages of myotonic dystrophy of the hands - an inherited disorder that ... Search the web for more resources on   Web health.mongabay.com Health Home | Conditions | Cancer | Medications | Surgery | Vaccines mongabay.com Disclaimer: Contact a physician with regard to health concerns. Email requests for further health information will be discarded. The materials contained on this Web site are for informational purposes only and do not constitute health or medical advice. 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