The NFL and NFL Players Association added a new set of criteria a player must meet to return to play under its new concussion protocol, barring any player exhibiting signs of ataxia from re-entering a ...

Children all over the country grew up watching Bill Nye the Science Guy explain a variety of scientific terms to them. And now, the 69-year-old is ready to do so again. In a recent sitdown with ...

Patients with neurodegenerative ataxia that are treated with cerebello-spinal transcranial direct current simulation (tDCS) have significant improvements in gait, upper limb coordination, quality of ...

Friedreich’s ataxia is a hereditary disorder that leads to progressive and irreversible damage to the nervous system. Initial symptoms include difficulty with speech, balance and coordination but the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Friedrich's Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA) invites families, cyclists, and everyone else to their 5th Annual rideATAXIA Chicago event on July 24, 2016. The multi-route cycling ...

University of Utah scientists found that antisense drugs reversed symptoms in mouse models of ataxia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Ataxia, a rare neurodegenerative disease characterized by a lack ...