[…] be easily recognized within a health information system. Assigning an individual ICD 10 codes for FSHD will: facilitate the surveillance of FSHD; will allow more accurate estimates of the condition’s […]
ICD-10
Scholarship rewards students for spreading muscular dystrophy awareness
[…] to fund scholarships to college students who teach others about hereditary muscle-weakening diseases. These conditions include FSHD, the limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMDs), Pompe disease and HIBM (Hereditary inclusion body myopathies). Four $3,000 […]
Overcoming communication barriers with Project Relate
[…] mouth. This can affect the ability to smile and can impair speech. Many people with FSHD experience the frustration of not being able to communicate easily. So we were excited […]
#GivingTuesday matching gift challenge!
[…] Tuesday, please consider supporting efforts to make a brighter future for all who live with FSHD by taking these two simple steps! Make a donation here. Every gift donated this […]
2021 Best Poster Award goes to Alec DeSimone
[…] virtually on June 24-25. The title of his poster “A live-cell drug screening platform for FSHD therapeutics,” co-authored with Drs. Angela Lek and Monkol Lek, describes a cost-effective, higher throughput, […]