“Wicked” is the musical movie superstar of the moment. I loved “The Wizard of Oz” growing up, and while I haven’t seen the ...

An algorithm may help predict the risk of scoliosis in patients who have received disease-modifying SMA treatment, a study ...

Columnist Ari Anderson has set a goal for 2025: to multiply the chances of good things coming his way each time they happen.

Swallowing problems SMA patients reported were with chewing, choking on solids and liquids, and abnormal tongue movements ...

The SMA Europe project has patients sharing their story of how SMA treatment affects their lives with goal of better access ...

Nearly 4 of every 5 infants in Italy born with SMA type 1 since the approval of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) are alive, ...

Zolgensma was found in a real-world study to ease breathing difficulties in children with SMA and reduce respiratory-related ...

Columnist Ari Anderson explains how light, both literal and figurative, plays an important role in helping him maintain his ...

Columnist Halsey Blocher, who lives with SMA, feels a sense of connection with a Christmas movie's depiction of a disabled princess.

Ari Anderson resides in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was diagnosed with SMA type I at 6 months old in 1982. At the time, the prognosis was almost hopeless. Today’s medical therapies have changed the ...

The activity of many genes may be dysregulated in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), but the way the disease affects genes seems to vary across different types of tissues in the body, a study found. “Our ...

Young children with severe spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) have substantial loss of motor neurons in the thoracic region of the spinal cord, the area between the neck and the bottom of the ribs, a study ...