Patients living longer with Duchenne muscular dystrophy pose new challenge for caregivers

Patients living longer with Duchenne muscular dystrophy pose new challenge for caregivers Diagnostic and treatment advances are helping patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy live into their 30s and beyond, raising challenges in such areas as education, vocation, levels of independence, personal relationships, emotional health, and intimacy. To address these shifting circumstances, as well as reflect promising new treatment options, new guidelines aimed at physicians who care for DMD patients have recently been issued. http://ift.tt/eA8V8J