BOSTON, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Athena Diagnostics, the specialty neurology business of Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), a leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced a ...

Friedreich's ataxia is a rare, inherited disease that causes progressive nervous system damage, impairing balance and coordination and leaving patients unable to walk by early adulthood. "If we accept ...

A multi-disciplinary team of researchers has developed a way to monitor the progression of movement disorders using motion capture technology and AI. In two ground-breaking studies, published in ...

Friedrich’s ataxia, an ultra-rare disease characterized by progressively worsening muscle function that ultimately leads to death, now has its first FDA-approved therapy. The regulator has given the ...

"Friedreich's Ataxia" is a rare, as yet incurable disease of the brain and spinal cord. It can manifest as gait instability, frequent falls, poor coordination and speech disabilities. The symptoms ...

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What is causing this 55-year-old woman to have distorted speech and balance problems when walking, and why have her symptoms worsened progressively since they came on 14 years ago? Those are the ...

Previously, the group investigated two models of dystonia, a different motor disorder, and demonstrated that preventing brainstem neurons from communicating with the cerebellum disturbed sleep. 4 ...

New test utilizes technology based on PacBio's PureTarget sequencing method to uncover genetic causes of disease BOSTON, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Athena Diagnostics, the specialty neurology ...