A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease.

Postmenopausal women with vulvovaginal atrophy treated with intravaginal prasterone for at least 12 weeks were nearly 50% ...

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.

Two reading metrics outperform 2 existing reading metrics for determining functional decline in patients with geographic atrophy.

A large study that retrospectively analyzed the visual outcomes and rate of development of neovascular age-related macular ...

A study of NCAA Division I football players revealed persistent atrophy in the quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles 2 years ...

A large study that retrospectively analyzed the visual outcomes and rate of development of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) in eyes with geographic atrophy (GA ... Health Retina ...

Certain diseases, toxins, and disorders can lead to the flattening and erosion of villi, known as villous atrophy. The malabsorption of nutrients is the main consequence of villous atrophy, leading to ...

Villous atrophy occurs when your intestinal villi—the microscopic, finger-like tentacles that line the wall of your small intestine—erode away, leaving a virtually flat surface. Celiac disease, an ...

For their definition, the group focused on adiposity, the amount of fat stored in the body, and how it affected organs and tissue. “We define clinical obesity as a chronic, systemic illness ...

In the 5 patients with bilateral GA who received a K8 implant in one eye, there was a mean reduction in GA lesion ... cells in the macula to slowly die (atrophy). Over time, the area of atrophy ...