Exercise and Juvenile Myositis

In this presentation, Dr. Laura Tasan explains the importance of exercise for JM patients. Since JM children suffer from endurance and fatigue issues, exercise for JM kids is a safe form of “medicine” to counter the effects of the disease on a JM patient’s muscles.

Community Advisory Board

Cure JM’s Community Advisory Board plays a vital role in representing JM families from diverse backgrounds to help support this cutting edge research project. Cure JM CAB members are the link between the greater JM community and the project’s research team, working together to ensure that the needs of the entire JM community are understood and addressed.

Nathanael’s Story

Nathanael was an active 7-year-old. In the summer of 2014, he played baseball under the Southern California sun, and that’s when the rash started. “He

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