The comedian, who died Tuesday at 67, was dealing with "a very specific, rare genetic disorder," cardiologist Dr. Jennifer Haythe tells PEOPLE Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, ...

PHOENIX - We are learning more about the death of comedian Gilbert Gottfried, which was announced on April 12. According to a statement from Gottfried's longtime friend and publicist, Glenn Schwartz, ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 incurs high healthcare costs, driven by age and comorbidities like cardiac and respiratory issues. Early detection and integrated management of multisystemic complications ...

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried, shown in a 2016 photo, died on Tuesday, April 12, from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II. Scott Roth Scott Roth/Invision/AP Comedian ...

Myotonic dystrophy 2 (DM2) is a form of muscular dystrophy, a disease that leads to progressive muscle degeneration. It is caused by the expansion of a repetitive DNA sequence containing multiple CCTG ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Stand-up comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried, who died this week at 67, lived for years with the rare genetic muscle disorder myotonic dystrophy type 2, a common form of muscular ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common adult-onset form of muscular dystrophy and a condition that severely affects multiple organs, including skeletal muscle, heart, brain and the ...

Scientists have taken a step closer towards developing a treatment for the long-term genetic disorder, myotonic dystrophy. In a paper published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine, ...

Thurman M. Wheeler, MD, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in Nature Communications, "Analysis of human urinary extracellular ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — In honor of International Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day, landmarks across the state, including Empire State Plaza, were lit up in green to raise awareness about the disease.

Myotonic dystrophy is an RNA gain-of-function disease caused by expanded CUG or CCUG repeats, which sequester the RNA binding protein MBNL1. Here we describe a newly discovered function for MBNL1 as a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has granted fast-track designation to an investigational antisense oligonucleotide to treat individuals ...