The FSHD Society is offering its first-ever CME-accredited masterclass on facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). This course, which will be held virtually on August 12, is of interest to any physician and allied health professional who sees adult and pediatric neuromuscular patients. They will be able to earn up to 4.25 continuing medical education (CME) credits—a… Read More »
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Calling all parents of early-onset FSHD children
The FSHD Society is launching a new chapter for families with early-onset FSHD (also called infantile FSHD). Led by Ally Roets, the chapter will meet virtually to serve people everywhere who have affected family members. Early-onset FSHD is defined by facial muscle weakness before the age of 5 and shoulder/arm weakness by age 10. Children… Read More »
Hot off the press – FSHD Advocate
Our new issue of the FSHD Advocate, the first of 2021, is now available online. For those of you who receive our flagship magazine by the postal service, it will be arriving over coming weeks. As the cover and stories inside emphasize, the FSHD Society’s most important role in working toward a treatment is in… Read More »
“Our stories need to be shared”
An interview with Tim Hollenbeck, FSHD Radio host On the second Tuesday of every month, at 8 p.m. CT, Tim Hollenbeck fires up a live video stream on the FSHD Society’s YouTube channel to chat with a parade of interview guests, share news, and offer words of encouragement in his calm and cheerful baritone. With… Read More »
What a difference 30 years have made
Time flies when you have your nose to the grindstone, working with focus and determination on a lofty goal. It has been an amazing 30 years since Daniel Perez and Steve Jacobsen started the Society. Back then, almost no one was doing research on facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). The human genome had not yet been… Read More »