6 posts tagged muscular dystrophy association

Just raise $750 for MDA! Paducah's Executive Lock Up for the Muscular Dystrophy Association last week was a huge success and I was proud to play a part. Congratulations to Paducah businesswoman Stephanie Capps (who coincidentally keeps her houseboat at GTB) for being the top fundraiser with around $7,000 in donations!

It's now been 3 weeks since Lindsay Graygo was beaten and then strangled to death in her Ypsilanti Township, Michigan apartment. Word is investigators are still waiting for the DNA kit to come back. Graygo of Erie, PA graduated from McDowell in 1997, earned a BA in advertising /public relations from Penn State University Park in 2001, and earned her MBA from Penn State Behrend in 2005.

Researchers at the Neurogenetics Laboratory at the University of Miami (Fla.) announced earlier this month that they’ve identified the gene responsible for a rare X-chromosome-linked form of spinal muscular atrophy. Led by Dr.

For the first time in the MDA’s 55-year history, the Muscular Dystrophy Association has named a Californian as its National Goodwill Ambassador. Abbey Umali is from Redlands; she’s in the third grade. Crystal Chessher reports. Share This

The weeks leading up to the annual Jerry Lewis Telethon to combat neuromuscular diseases, are intense and focused. The temporary Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) offices in a Las Vegas hotel are charged with nervous energy and hope. The hope is that the organization will raise at least one dollar more than the previous year.