Dystonia Canada News

The Leonard Lopate Show :There are some brain disorders that do not respond to traditional treatments and therapies.

TimesDaily. Com - Shelbia Brown:  One disorder changed the course of professional guitarist Billy McLaughlin's life forever. What could have been a bane, McLaughlin turned into a blessing.

By Mike Celizic TODAYShow.com contributer: Sam Gladen was a normal boy who loved running around with his friends, riding his bike and playing sports, especially football. But in 2007, he started to limp. Soon his left foot turned inward, at almost a 90-degree angle to his leg.  Click here to continue

Simcoe Reformer, Ashley House, Simcoe Reporter.  She Lays her head between the cushions of what looks much like a massage table. But you can tell by the way Simcoe teen Kelby Balch,16, clinches her hands together and winces her eyes closed tight that this is no relaxation therapy.

Several DMRF grants were completed in 2007. Here are brief updates on the results of two of these investigations.

Winnipeg – Dr. Andrew Borys, neurologist at the Winnipeg Movement Disorders Clinic, gave an interesting and wide ranging presentation to the DMRFC Manitoba Support Group in which he spoke of the genetic influences on dystonia; the DYT1 gene; the interplay of the cortex, cerebellum and basal ganglia in the brain as they pertain to sensory feedback with dystonia and other movement disorders.