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Open enrollment — the period each year when people are eligible to purchase new insurance or make changes to their existing insurance plans — is upon us. Buying health insurance…

When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in March 2020, Matthew Lawson’s employer — like many others around the country — temporarily closed its doors and had team members go remote to…

Vaccines have been protecting Americans from dangerous contagious diseases for decades and people who live with neuromuscular disease are more likely to develop severe illness from a COVID-19 exposure. Learn…

Researchers at Ohio State University are seeking adults living with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 (CMT-1) and type 2 (CMT-2) to participate in a one-month observational study (CMT Establish). This study is…

Finding accessible employment in the work-from-home era

Researchers at Astellas Pharma Inc. are seeking individuals living with primary mitochondrial myopathy (PMM) to participate in a phase 2/3 clinical trial and open-label extension to evaluate safety, tolerability and preliminary…

After years of denial, it was the stairs to his second-floor college apartment that forced Chris Anselmo to finally face his limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) in 2009. “I remember moving in, trying…

When Kristine Welker’s son was young, he wanted to be as involved in sports as everyone else in the family — and that meant a high level of activity, from…

Clinical trials come with great hope and also great unknowns. Here’s how to weigh all the factors and make the best choice for yourself and your family.

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