MNDs are neurological disorders that destroy motor neurons, the cells that control skeletal muscle activity such as walking, breathing, speaking, and swallowing.

Villous atrophy occurs when your intestinal villi—the microscopic, finger-like tentacles that line the wall of your small intestine—erode away, leaving a virtually flat surface. Celiac disease, an ...

GT was diagnosed by its typical clinical presentation: atrophy of the filiform papillae as a red plaque ... fissures on the dorsal and/or dorsolateral aspects of the tongue in different arrangements ...

But until recently, we haven’t had any therapeutics to target the root cause of geographic atrophy, an advanced form of dry AMD. Pegcetacoplan (Syfovre) is the first FDA-approved drug to slow ...

Those words are then translated into specific movements of the lungs, tongue and mouth to shape the sounds. Those movements then must be perfectly executed and timed with breath. If there is ...

Geographic atrophy (GA) can be visually confusing. People often tell me that one minute they see something, and the next minute they don’t. For example, the word you’re reading might be “she ...

In a new study from the centre published in Nature Communications, the researchers examined brain atrophy and memory in healthy individuals aged 30 to 89 years. They found increased brain atrophy – ...

MRS is a rare disorder that causes recurrent facial and mouth swelling, facial paralysis, and problems with your tongue. Treatment with corticosteroids and occasionally surgery may be helpful.

Credit: Diana Shechtman, OD Sherrol A. Reynolds, OD, FAAO, FNAP, identifies patients who are most at risk for geographic atrophy and provides clinicians with guidance for managing the ...