Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress (SMARD) is a rare genetic condition that typically affects infants and children. It causes muscle weakness and breathing problems. Spinal muscular ...

Researchers evaluated oxygen saturation and arterial CO2 variables to screen for sleep disordered breathing in children with SMA type 1-3. Of the measures evaluated, only an oxygen desaturation index ...

JESY Nelson has made a heartbreaking confession about one of her twin daughters after she “pulled out her feeding tube”. The 34-year-old welcomed twin daughters Ocean Jade and Story ...

Treatment with onasemnogene abeparvovec gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 was associated with less need for nutritional support or nighttime ventilation compared to recommended ...

—A new qualitative participatory study explored how powered mobility (PM), in the form of modified ride-on cars, impacts children with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA1) and their families. Here ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic disorder in which the onset of progressive neurodegeneration begins before birth, owing to loss of the protein SMN. Drugs such as risdiplam — which ...

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. -- Like most 1-year-olds, Damaris Perez spends a lot of time playing in her crib. The average person wouldn't know this baby has limited time left on earth. "It's been different, ...