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Casey’s General Stores Helps Send Kids with Muscular Dystrophy to MDA Summer Camp

Submitted by KReddy on Tue, 08/01/2017 - 15:48

Casey’s and MDA continue the 11-year tradition of raising vital funds for MDA Summer Camp through annual pinup program

CHICAGO, Aug. 1, 2017 — Beginning today, all Casey’s General Stores locations are raising money to help the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) send kids with muscular dystrophy and related neuromuscular diseases to a life-changing and barrier-free week of fun and friendship at MDA Summer Camp — all at no cost to their families.
Jiffy Lube® and MDA Launch 6th Annual Muscle Up!℠ Campaign for Kids and Adults Fighting Muscular Dystrophy

Submitted by KReddy on Tue, 08/01/2017 - 15:17

CHICAGO, August 1, 2017 — Jiffy Lube and the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) are excited to announce that they will again join together for the annual MUSCLE UP!℠ campaign to give kids and adults with muscular dystrophy, ALS and related muscle-debilitating diseases the opportunity to live unlimited.
Senate’s skinny repeal bill will have a huge and harmful impact on health care coverage, say 12 patient and provider organizations

Submitted by jcook on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 15:47

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 27, 2017 – 12 non-partisan patient and provider groups representing millions of Americans issued the following statement today on the “skinny repeal” legislation the Senate will consider this week:

“Passage of the skinny repeal bill by the Senate will be a devastating blow to our health insurance system and the Americans who depend upon it.
MDA, AAN and ABF Award Clinical Research Training Fellowship for Muscular Dystrophy

Submitted by jcook on Thu, 07/13/2017 - 09:57

Fellowship awarded to Johanna Hamel will support her work in myotonic dystrophy

CHICAGO, July 13, 2017 – The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), together with the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the American Brain Foundation (ABF), is pleased to announce the award of a clinical research training fellowship in muscular dystrophy to Johanna Hamel, M.D., a neurologist at the University of Rochester in New York, for her work in myotonic dystrophy (DM), the most common adult-onset form of muscular dystrophy.
MDA Awards $300,000 to Streamline Gathering of Data for ALS Research

Submitted by KReddy on Thu, 06/15/2017 - 12:16

Project aims to implement a fundamental change in practice that could provide people with ALS a simple way to contribute to research that can lead to treatments and cures
Four National Organizations, Hundreds of Families Impacted, Join Together to Speak with FDA about Drug Development in Friedreich’s Ataxia

Submitted by jcook on Thu, 06/01/2017 - 10:01

Contacts:

Felicia DeRosa
FARA Fundraising &
Communications Program Director
(845) 489 5790
felicia.derosa@curefa.org

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Casey’s General Stores Helps Send Kids with Muscular Dystrophy to MDA Summer Camp

Jiffy Lube® and MDA Launch 6th Annual Muscle Up!℠ Campaign for Kids and Adults Fighting Muscular Dystrophy

Senate’s skinny repeal bill will have a huge and harmful impact on health care coverage, say 12 patient and provider organizations

MDA, AAN and ABF Award Clinical Research Training Fellowship for Muscular Dystrophy

MDA Awards $300,000 to Streamline Gathering of Data for ALS Research

Four National Organizations, Hundreds of Families Impacted, Join Together to Speak with FDA about Drug Development in Friedreich’s Ataxia

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Casey’s General Stores Helps Send Kids with Muscular Dystrophy to MDA Summer Camp

Jiffy Lube® and MDA Launch 6th Annual Muscle Up!℠ Campaign for Kids and Adults Fighting Muscular Dystrophy

Senate’s skinny repeal bill will have a huge and harmful impact on health care coverage, say 12 patient and provider organizations

MDA, AAN and ABF Award Clinical Research Training Fellowship for Muscular Dystrophy

MDA Awards $300,000 to Streamline Gathering of Data for ALS Research

Four National Organizations, Hundreds of Families Impacted, Join Together to Speak with FDA about Drug Development in Friedreich’s Ataxia

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