Kennedy's Disease Association

A Public Benefit, Non-Profit Organization

"You are not alone in your quest for a treatment and cure!"

Our Focus Remains on Research, Education and Support

The Kennedy’s Disease Association has worked to educate others about this lesser-known disease and to support clinical research efforts. We distributed information to more than 10,000 neurologists to help them recognize clinical signs and symptoms of Kennedy’s Disease.

Will my child be born with this DNA defect?

It takes an enormous amount of money to fund research…more than any of us can afford alone, but together, we are capable of great accomplishments. We are searching for available foundation grants, but the process is lengthy. We need researchers to continue their work, and it is only the KDA that makes funding this disease a priority.

Kennedy’s Disease Knows No Boundaries...

It is passed on from generation to generation in families worldwide. Males generally inherit the disease symptoms and females are the carriers. The defect is in the ‘X’ Chromosome that makes testosterone almost a poison to his body.

What is Kennedy's Disease?

Kennedy’s Disease (spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy) is an adult-onset “X” linked inherited disease with symptoms usually beginning to appear between the ages of 30 and 50. However, onset has also been reported as early as in the teens and as late as the 60s.

Weblinks

A selection of links that we help are helpful with your research.

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#	Web Link	Hits
1	University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine	405
2	Swedish Information Centre for Rare Disease Swedish Information Centre for Rare Disease	249
3	Muscular Dystrophy Association The language that Joomla! is developed in	206
4	National NORD - Organization for Rare Diseases NORD - National Organization for Rare Diseases	198
5	NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	209
6	American Academy of Neurology American Academy of Neurology	200
7	Families of SMA Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy	216