Sleep problems, common in SMA, may involve both nighttime breathing issues linked to muscle weakness and brain changes, per a ...

I was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in the mid-1980s at 18 months old. At the time, doctors explained to my parents that, because it is a genetic disease, there was a chance that they ...

At 19, columnist Sherry Toh thought she'd escaped her period, which is why more research on women's reproductive health is ...

Whole-body quantitative MRI, or qMRI, was found to detect subtle changes over time in the muscles of SMA adults, better than ...

Canceling her trip wasn't an option, so columnist Connie Chandler was determined to find a way to get herself and her ...

The depersonalization of medical devices can affect one's sense of identity, says columnist Sherry Toh, who argues for more ...

A home-based respiratory physiotherapy program was found to significantly improve quality of life for young people with SMA ...

Surgery to implant magnetically controlled growing rods is safe and effective for managing scoliosis in children with SMA type 1, per a study.

Abe Homer’s entry into healthcare gaming technology began at Children’s Hospital Colorado, where he met a young man with advanced spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). “He was a young man in his mid-20s, who ...

The FDA has approved a high-dose Spinraza regimen for people with SMA, soon to be available to both current and new therapy users in the U.S. This regimen features a shorter loading phase and higher ...