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Featured Blog Posts – October 2008 Archive (2)

Staff Opportunity Knocks!

COACH TO CURE MD

Here's the thing. Long ago, my husband played football for Notre Dame. My boys, Chris and Patrick loved that golden dome. They had hopes of attending Notre Dame. They watched every game. I watched them and while they were cheering for Notre Dame, I was praying that they would be able to walk the length of the football field. Just once.

Duchenne has changed. We stand at the forefront of promising clinical trials. We have been instrumental in making this… Continue

Added by Pat Furlong on October 20, 2008 at 10:44am — 9 Comments

Staff What't the deal on Losartin

You are all aware of the Losartin paper by R. Cohn and colleague and like many other drugs/supplements/nutraceuticals, we continues to discuss this within the community and ask various physicians to prescribe Losartin for our boys. And some parents are giving it to their son, with or without the blessing of the physician. So, the botton line is that there is no evidence other than on study on the mdx mouse. And you have already heard the words, "there is a great deal of difference between the… Continue

Added by Pat Furlong on October 13, 2008 at 10:22pm — 26 Comments