KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. 

It is hard to believe that a quarter of a million American's are living with muscular dystrophy. It's the reason September has been set aside to recognize the challenges associated with the illness and the progress that's been made in treating it.  

For more, KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart spoke with Dr. Pritikanta Paul, neurologist, with UCSF Health