Making a move, columnist Ari Anderson finds, can bring advantages but also complications that must be resolved.

With this extension, the SMA treatment Evrysdi is available for patients of all ages in Japan, from presymptomatic newborns ...

I’ve often said that it’s probably a good thing we don’t have a crystal ball. While sometimes it might be beneficial to know ...

Children with SMA type 1 treated in infancy with Zolgensma alone showed motor and lung/bulbar muscle gains over two years of ...

I’ve slept with a BiPAP machine every night since I was 1 year old. (I’m 33 now.) This noninvasive ventilator delivers pressurized air to my lungs, providing my weakened muscles some respite by taking ...

Substantial differences in newborn screening (NBS) practices for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) across the U.S. could impact referral patterns or the timing of therapeutic interventions, a study shows.

Surgery to correct scoliosis, a sideways curvature of the spine, slowed lung function decline in people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 2 and 3 who had yet to receive treatment, a study ...

I’ve never understood why some people are weird about wheelchairs. Why the pity? Why think needing to use one is one of the worst things someone could face? I blame my first power wheelchair for my ...