Muscular Dystrophy Association

As a member of DECA, I have had the opportunity to network with the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). While learning about the work the association does, I realized that I want to do similar work. In my effort, I worked on a promotional campaign for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Neuromuscular diseases, like Muscular Dystrophy, take away physical strength and eventually life. The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) fights to find a way to give back strength, independence, and life. The

On his 40th Labor Day telethon in 2005, Jerry Lewis added Salvation Army fundraising for Hurricane Katrina to his usual Muscular Dystrophy Assosiation fundraising, though he also encouraged viewers to give to the American Red Cross. Not all of what Jerry Lewis has done has been good, but no hero is perfect. Aside from controversy from the community of disabled people with comments

In 2005, my husband was forced to retire from a job at Georgia Pacific. This was a job that he had been working at for thirty-three years. The muscles in his arms were tearing for no reason that we knew of and he was having some other health problems. It was very upsetting to both of us not knowing the outcome about his health and now no income as well. We had seen many doctors on many different occasions. We kept hitting a dead end. Finally, we were able to see a new doctor, a neurologist, and after

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Ground-Breaking Research Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy or DMD for short is a genetic disease that affects the skeletal muscles causing muscle degeneration and muscle wasting. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is an X-linked recessive chromosomal disease, which is caused by mutations in the DMD Gene (Regenerative Medicine). This Disease affects 1 in 3600 boys (Regenerative Medicine). A male born with this disease experiences respiratory dysfunction, trouble ambulation, cognitive

Nixon Honors Biology Mrs. Linda December 19, 1994 There are thousands of cases of sex linked and sex influenced diseases worldwide. These diseases can range from a social inconvenience, to a fatal ailment. In sex linked diseases, like Muscular Dystrophy, hemophilia and color blindness, only males are affected. When a man infected with a sex linked disease has children, all his sons are normal, but all of his daughters are carriers. When a carrier woman and an uninfected man have children

A warm smile and kind eyes is what attributes to a man, known as my father. He works hard and is diligent, but what defines him is the kindness that is always visible within him. My father, Ben Morgan, is forty-eight with light brown hair, and turquoise eyes that always have a sense purpose in them. From years of thinking, he has lines that rest by his eyes accompanied by the usual lines that encircle a smile he shows to all. My father has a kindness in him, in which no one in our family has. A few

Muscular dystrophy is not a disease; it’s a term for a genetic mutation. “The disease, mostly affecting males, is transmitted as a sex-linked recessive trait” (Taber’s Cylopedic Medical Dictionary, 2013 pg. 736). There are 9 different types of muscular dystrophy. The two most common types of muscular dystrophy are Duchenne and Becker. “MD is a progressive degeneration of skeletal muscles from an as yet unknown biochemical defect within the muscle” (Sommers, 2011 pg. 691). Males are affected way more

Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a group of genetically transmitted diseases characterized by progressive symmetric wasting of skeletal muscles without evidence of neurologic involvement (Lewis, 2011). There are four different types of muscular dystrophy. The four types are Duchenne, Becker, Landouzy-Dejerine, and Erb. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common type among children. It only affects boys; it’s passed down from the mother. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is created from X-linked recessive

An Overview of Muscular Dystrophy For decades, muscular dystrophy has been associated with Jerry's kids. That is, Jerry Lewis surrounded by children during the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association's Labor Day Telethon. From 1966 to 2010, Jerry Lewis hosted this annual telethon to benefit those with muscular dystrophy. Muscular dystrophy (MD) represents a group of nine inherited muscle disorders. The telethon went on without Lewis from 2010 to 2014, ultimately ending in 2015. Even though the annual

Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a genetic neuromuscular disease of various types that all result in the degeneration of muscle issue. The disease manifests in several types that vary by muscular region and dystrophin levels in the body. Most patients with a form of MD will suffer joint and muscle pain, pressure sores, and postural stress due to their condition. Potential clients with this disease will most likely be young boys, as MD mainly affects the male population and shortens one’s life expectancy