In which young patients with spinal muscular atrophy will spinal braces and growing rods be most helpful? Ashley Webb, MD, assistant professor of pediatric neurology and neuromuscular program ...

In this episode, Hannah and I tell the origin story of my disability, and how doctors eventually diagnosed me with Spinal ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disorder affecting the motor neurons—nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot ...

Biotech stock Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK) was popular among investors on Wednesday after a positive new analyst note on the ...

Affordable generic version of SMA drug Risdiplam soon available in India, offering hope to patients and activists.

Anna Landre, a college student who lives with spinal muscular atrophy, found herself fighting another battle when her insurer informed her they were reducing the number of hours they would cover ...

DySMA, to assess swallowing in children with SMA while undergoing treatment, was applied to healthy children to facilitate ...

(0:54) How does one time surgery for scoliosis in children with pediatric spinal muscular atrophy get a maximum benefit without impeding growth? Dr. Ashley E. Webb of the University of Texas ...

The Supreme Court expressed deep concern over Samay Raina’s alleged joke about a baby with spinal muscular atrophy, calling ...

Purpose: X-linked infantile spinal-muscular atrophy (XL-SMA) is a rare disorder, which presents with the clinical characteristics of hypotonia, areflexia, and multiple congenital contractures ...