For patients with a rare genetic disorder that turns their muscles into bone, there is new hope. The disease is […] ...
As the official health care partner of the Milwaukee Brewers, Aurora and the team joined forces to give these young patients — and big Brewers fans — a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Myopathy refers to diseases of skeletal muscles (muscles connected to bone). The condition can be acute (meaning sudden, severe, and short-lasting) or chronic (persistent, recurrent, and often ...
Taylor suffers from fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive, a genetic disorder in which muscle and connective tissue are gradually replaced by bone. The other children were Blake Baker, 8 ...
Natasha was diagnosed with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), a condition that causes muscle and connective tissue to turn to bone. The trip was sponsored by Aurora Health Care ...
The 20-year-old wheelchair user has a very rare condition called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), which causes her muscle and tissue to gradually change into bone, causing stiffness an ...
Enock Eshun, who suffers from Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), shared how this traumatic condition has affected his life since he was first diagnosed at the age of two. Speaking to ...
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare genetic disorder in which extensive heterotopic ossification (HO) begins to form during early childhood and progresses throughout life. Although ...
With their recent enrolment in a clinical trial, they look to a future with a possible drug to help manage their condition.
That is the predicament of patients with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) or “Stone Man Syndrome”, a rare ...