Fuchs’ dystrophy is a type of eye disease that affects the cornea. Your cornea is the dome-shaped outer layer of your eye that helps you see. Fuchs’ dystrophy can cause your vision to decrease over ...

Fuchs’ dystrophy is an eye condition that causes the death of cells in the inner lining of the cornea. This may lead to the accumulation of fluid in the cornea and negatively affect vision. One of the ...

Genetic testing is available for adults as well as in vitro embryos, fetuses, newborns, and older children. Adults Adults planning to have children are advised to get genetic testing for muscular ...

More than 30 rare muscular dystrophy types cause progressive muscle weakness from inherited gene mutations. Combined, they affect about 1 in 5,000 to 8,000 people. Common subtypes vary by age of onset ...

Nine people around the world who have been living with unexplained, muscular dystrophy-like symptoms may now have an answer for what is causing the progressive muscle weakness in their body's ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light for the first gene therapy that treats a rare form of muscular dystrophy to be used in most people who have the disease and a certain ...

Myotonic dystrophy is a condition that causes thinned muscles, decreased muscle tone, and muscle weakness. Over time, a person may lose their strength and have issues relaxing their muscles. The ...

Muscular dystrophy is a group of disorders that involve a progressive loss of muscle mass and consequent loss of strength. In general, the condition is caused by genetic variations that interfere with ...

A new study led by researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) suggests that currently available therapies may help control chronic muscle inflammation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), ...

The purpose of this report is to re-evaluate such a therapeutic program in muscular dystrophy when the drugs are used singly, in combination and with or without exercise. Objective serial measurements ...