Dermatomyositis (DM) is a rare autoimmune disease that affects the skin and muscles, often causing a distinctive rash and muscle weakness. While managing symptoms and medications is a major part…
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TMA’s top 10 travel tips for 2025
It’s vacation time! Time to work on that bucket list of places you’ve always wanted to see and things you’ve always wanted to do. We hope MyoCon 2025: TMA’s Global…
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Myositis Awareness Month was a huge success!
Thank you to all those who participated, presented, and planned a month’s worth of extraordinary programming, making May’s Myositis Awareness Month such a success! This dedication, insight, and passion have…
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Partners in the fight
By Ed McGrath My wife Marilyn has dermatomyositis, diagnosed in 2008. Her dermatologist initially thought she had lupus, but two years later she finally saw a rheumatologist who knew exactly…
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Don’t go through this alone
At the age of 61, Bill Simeral was coaching downhill ski racing. He was in amazing shape, the guy who never got sick. His routine blood tests were abnormal, however,…
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