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

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

The case of a woman with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 2 who developed an abnormal accumulation of molecules called ketone bodies was described in a recent case report in the U.S. Called ...

MRI imaging scans can track muscle changes in SMA children given Spinraza, a study found, with better results seen with early ...

Columnist Connie Chandler gets engaged in making doughnuts for children, just one of many playtime activities she and her ...

Yard work reminds columnist Helen Baldwin of allergic reaction blisters at a time of trauma, and how they're part of a web of ...

A study shows that 80% of spinal muscular atrophy patients have intermittent pain, with more than half experiencing pain at ...

Columnist Sherry Toh, considering the full costs of her healthcare with SMA, considers herself a national investment.

Columnist Alyssa Silva needs to plan carefully and research accessibility and parking to attend a minor league ballgame.

To guest writer Jeffrey Selby, SMA stands for "strength, magnificence, and attitude." After years of feeling guilty, he's now ...

The European Commission approved a tablet formulation of SMA treatment Evrysdi, a form aimed at giving patients more ...

Lila is a Science Writer at BioNews. She completed her PhD in neuroscience at the University of Washington, where she studied ...