People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...

This image from video provided by UPMC and University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences shows Doug McCullough, who has spinal muscular atrophy, during tests of experimental spinal cord stimulation to ...

After Little Mix star Jesy Nelson's revelation that her twins have SMA, parents speak about their children's late diagnoses.

Jesy Nelson details the months of hospital visits, unanswered worries, and the race for treatment after learning both of her ...

Mirror reveals 33 babies are being left needlessly paralysed every year because they are not given simple £5 blood test at ...

JESY Nelson said she could have potentially “saved her twins’ legs” had she known about the symptoms of Spinal Muscular ...

For most of us, everyday life is characterized by a lack of movement. But those long hours sitting at a desk, commuting by ...

Little Mix alum Jesy Nelson opened up in an emotional video Jan. 4 about her twin daughters’ Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 diagnosis, a life-threatening disease that leads to severe muscle weakness.

Loss of muscle mass (muscle atrophy) can be a result of aging or lifestyle habits, like being inactive or eating a poor diet. Muscle loss can also point to hormone abnormalities or underlying health ...

Muscles are made to move. Stretching and contraction stimulate biochemical pathways within muscle that maintain tissue health. When movement slows—when a broken limb is immobilized in a cast, for ...