Geographic atrophy (GA), the late stage of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), may lead to vision loss. Here’s what to expect as the condition progresses. About 1 million people in the United ...

Comprehensive intervention involving exercise, nutrition, and pharmacological therapy may be warranted for managing muscular atrophy in COPD. Muscular atrophy in patients with chronic obstructive ...

Optic atrophy is a condition in which the optic nerve begins to deteriorate. The optic nerve is the nerve at the back of your eye that connects your eye to your brain, allowing you to see. There are a ...

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A new study has identified a unique brain network that links varied patterns of brain atrophy, or shrinkage, associated with schizophrenia. A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham ...

Adult-onset spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare neuromuscular disorder that primarily affects the motor neurons in the spinal cord, leading to muscle weakness and atrophy. SMA is part of a group ...

For adults in midlife, difficulty getting to sleep and waking up too early may accelerate brain atrophy that is associated with dementia. The brain naturally begins to atrophy beginning in one’s 30s ...

Can Posterial Cortical Atrophy indicate Alzheimer’s disease? Posterial Cortical Atrophy, sometimes called Benson’s disease, is a rare degenerative brain condition that affects the back part of the ...

syfovre, also known as pegcetacoplan, is a medicine used to treat geographic atrophy, which is the advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration. Geographic atrophy can cause irreversible ...

Some patients with later-onset spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 2 and type 3 had improved motor function when the investigational monoclonal antibody apitegromab was added to their treatment, the ...

Clitoral atrophy is when the clitoris stops responding to stimulation and begins to shrink. This can occur due to hormonal changes, disuse, and a lack of blood flow. Regular stimulation and other ...