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An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord may help people with a paralyzing genetic disorder called spinal muscular atrophy. An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – Many people struggle with upper spine and neck discomfort. It is not uncommon to have a cervical spine disorder, which is a condition that causes pain, stiffness and other ...

Daily electrical stimulation of certain nerves in the spinal cord appeared to help three people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), an inherited disorder that causes muscles to waste away. The ...

People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord strengthened the muscles of three people with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare motor neuron disease. An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord ...