Folate-dependent Hypermobility: Discussing Tulane's Recent Paper With Their Scientists

Folate-dependent Hypermobility: Discussing Tulane’s Recent Paper With Their Scientists

Jacques Courseault, a black man with black hair and black glasses. He wears a blue shirt and a green bow and lifts up the arm of a black woman with a tattoo on her arm in an examination room.

A recent publication by researchers at Tulane University hypothesizes MTHFR mutations lead to folate deficiency, resulting in hypermobility. The researchers also propose these mutations may cause or contribute to a form of hypermobile EDS. Journalist Karina Sturm spoke with Jacques Courseault, physical medicine and rehabilitation and sports medicine doctor at Tulane’s Hypermobility and EDS clinic, … Continue reading Folate-dependent Hypermobility: Discussing Tulane’s Recent Paper With Their Scientists