Difficulty balancing or an inability to do so can be caused by any number of factors. Head injuries, migraines, alcohol use, ear infections and medications can all affect your musculoskeletal system ...

DENVER — Four studies presented at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting show improvements in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia who take troriluzole. “SCAs [spinocerebellar ataxias] are, ...

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Worldwide, only a handful of patients are known to suffer from episodic ataxia type 6, a neurological disease that causes transient loss of muscle control. The cause lies in a mutation that changes a ...

The US FDA has approved Reata’s Pharmaceutical’s omaveloxolone for Friedreich’s ataxia, a rare inherited disease that progressively damages the nervous system. The agency granted the surprise approval ...