The top 10 most-read stories published by SMA News Today in 2024 focused on symptoms, treatments, and diagnosis.

It's been a hard year for columnist Brianna Albers, but hard times make good times better. She's decided to focus on gratitude.

Columnist Helen Baldwin's youngest son's time on earth was short, but his continued impact reminds her he came into her life ...

Nearly 4 of every 5 infants in Italy born with SMA type 1 since the approval of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) are alive, ...

The activity of many genes may be dysregulated in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), but the way the disease affects genes seems to vary across different types of tissues in the body, a study found. “Our ...

An algorithm that takes into account clinical measures of motor symptom severity alongside data on factors like age and height may help predict the risk of scoliosis in people with spinal muscular ...

Gratitude and support from family and healthcare staff can help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) feel more positive, stay motivated, and plan their lives better, a study found. Programs that ...

Edward Smith, MD, is an adjunct professor of pediatrics at Duke University Hospital. He earned his medical degree from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and has practiced since 2007. He ...

Researchers reported a unique mutation that supported an 8-year-old girl’s diagnosis of spinal muscle atrophy with lower extremity predominance (SMA-LED). The mutation, mapped to the BICD2 gene, ...

Our baby Jeffrey, who was diagnosed with SMA in July 1997, made the most of his brief earthly stint. I’ve mentioned before that our SMA duty, which lasted mere weeks between Jeffrey’s diagnosis and ...