Geographic atrophy (GA) is a chronic, progressive degeneration of the macula that can occur in some people with dry macular degeneration. GA is a late, or advanced, stage of the disease. The people ...

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 ...

SIGLEC Phase 2b data support AVD-104 as a potential therapy to reduce GA lesion growth, preserve and improve visual acuity, and reduce conversion to neovascular AMD across all GA lesion types at 1 ...

On Twitter, people are declaring that when this time is over, they are going to hug every human being they see, in long, enfolding hugs, immersing themselves and their recipients in the power of human ...

SMA is a neuromuscular disease that has the following clinical characteristics: Degeneration of lower motor neurons in the spinal cord motor (anterior horn neurons) and the brain nuclei Skeletal ...

Geographic atrophy (GA), the late stage of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), may lead to vision loss. Here’s what to expect as the condition progresses. About 1 million people in the United ...

As our bodies undergo hormonal shifts during perimenopause and beyond, symptoms like hot flashes, sleep troubles and mood swings are expected. But what’s less discussed is the dryness, discomfort and ...

Take Ken, a man from Reno who is living a full life at an age when most people would be long retired. Eleven years ago – at age 77 – he began working as an usher at a luxury movie theater. As a movie ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Multiple system atrophy — whose worldwide awareness day is commemorated every Oct. 3 — includes disorders that ...

On Twitter, people are declaring that when this time is over, they are going to hug every human being they see, in long, enfolding hugs, immersing themselves and their recipients in the power of human ...