A NEW screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is now being offered, included in the heel prick test, to all newborns in ...

(SMA) causes progressive muscle weakness and, without treatment, can limit life expectancy to just two years. The milestone means the petition, to include SMA in post-birth baby checks for serious ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Type 1 is a rare but serious genetic condition that weakens muscles and can make basic activities like eating and breathing hard for babies. Early treatment—especially ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic neuromuscular disease affecting specialized nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement, according to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). It can ...

Ashley Webb, MD, Program Director, Pediatric Neurology, at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, discusses the need to make genetic therapy more accessible ...

Little Mix alum Jesy Nelson is opening up about her 9-month-old twin daughters' battle with a severe muscle disease. Nelson, 34, expressed hope that her baby girls, Ocean Jade and Story Monroe, would ...

Jesy Nelson is opening up about her babies’ health. After the Little Mix alum’s mom noticed that her 8-month-old twin daughters Ocean and Story—whom she shares with fiancé Zion Foster—were showing ...

—In a retrospective analysis, a U.S.-based team of experts recently reported that health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after surgery for early-onset scoliosis (EOS) varies significantly depending on ...