Muscular Dystrophy Australia is here to help people across Australia. We have expertise in Duchenne, Becker, SMA, FSHD, LGMD and 55 other Muscular Dystrophies and Neuromuscular Disorders. Our Client Services team offers client support, including: referrals, information, whether it is disorder specific, equipment, medical or Allied Health provider support. We can also help you with [...]
MDA Supporting More Research Dr Tamar Sztal is a research fellow in the School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, primarily working on modelling muscle disease in zebrafish by investigating the role of inflammation and taurine treatment on muscle wasting in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Dr Sztal and her team have developed methods to quantify both muscle [...]
Muscular Dystrophy Australia is proud to support and sponsor the Annual CMT Conference at its HQ in North Melbourne Seminar Registration
Looking for Teenagers Living with SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) to take part in market research White Rabbit Consulting is an independent research agency and we are giving you the opportunity to take part in some market research to share your experiences about living with SMA. The research is designed to better support teenagers who are [...]
Are you the Carer? How do you eat when stressed or tired? Eat to flourish and nourish Simone Austin BSc MND, Advanced Sports Dietitian Food is an enjoyable, important and of course essential part of our lives. Our food choices can be influenced by our emotional and physical state; mad, sad, excited, happy, content, trapped, [...]
Living with Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy An MDA Client perspective - Peter G. I am writing this article in the hope that others may see the way I cope with LGMD and that my approach may be of help to others. My situation: I am a 71 year old male who has late onset LGMD [...]
MDA Supporting new Research project at Monash University The Myopathy Research Team in at Monash University is looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting new project, funded by Muscular Dystrophy Australia www.mda.org.au and supervised by Dr Tamar Sztal. The aim of the project is to study inflammation in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) [...]
