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Quadriceps muscle atrophy may persist 2 years after ACL surgery in elite athletes
A study of NCAA Division I football players revealed persistent atrophy in the quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles 2 years ...
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Levodopa therapy could ease SMA symptoms, per new mouse study
Problems with chemical messengers like dopamine were tied to posture issues in SMA in a mouse study, but levodopa therapy may ease symptoms.
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Biogen’s higher dose spinal muscular atrophy regimen accepted for review by EMA/FDA
Biogen has announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have started ...
Muscular Dystrophy Association Announces 2025 MDA National Ambassador Lily Sander
The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has selected Lily Sander from Charlotte, North Carolina, as its 2025 MDA National ...
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Battle against the body's own nerves: How Motor Neurone Disease alters lives
MNDs are neurological disorders that destroy motor neurons, the cells that control skeletal muscle activity such as walking, breathing, speaking, and swallowing.
People with spinal muscular atrophy demand urgent action from the Centre to reduce medicine costs
Health activists demand government action to reduce the cost of SMA medicines, citing constitutional obligations and ...
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Spinal muscular atrophy: Patients, activists seek health ministry’s intervention to bring down medicine cost
The health activists argue that the government is empowered with effective law and policy tools and therefore should ...
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FDA and EMA Accepts Applications for New Nusinersen Regimen
An investigational higher dose of spinal muscular atrophy drug nusinersen gains attention as the FDA and European Medicines ...