Buckle up, it's going to be an incredible ride, columnist Helen Baldwin says in a letter to her 13-year-old self.

Many SMA patients continue to see gains in motor function with long-term Spinraza treatment, a real-world study from ...

The use of salbutamol may improve upper limb strength and aid breathing in young children with spinal muscular atrophy, an analysis found.

Meeting your new medical team is never easy, especially when you have a complex and rare disease like SMA, columnist Alyssa ...

For people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), these changes could make flying more manageable. But air travel may still feel like a major undertaking when you rely on a wheelchair. Kevan Chandler, ...

Improving sleep quality with SMA can involve support for physical comfort, breathing, muscle weakness, and body temperature.

Measures related to the body's muscle composition improved in SMA children on Spinraza, correlating with better motor ...

Speech therapy helps people with SMA by improving speech clarity, breath control, swallowing, and communication device use.

Most adults and adolescents with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) experience intermittent pain, with more than half having pain episodes at least once a week, a study reports. This pain was generally ...

Lila is a Science Writer at BioNews. She completed her PhD in neuroscience at the University of Washington, where she studied how the natural flexibility of the human brain can be used to promote ...