People sometimes asked Tiffany Fransen if she was drunk. She wishes more people had heard of her rare disorder.

The beloved 'Science Guy' says many of his family members suffer from a rare neurological disorder that their ancestors had in colonial times Beloved "Science Guy" Bill Nye is sharing his family's ...

An innovative backpack, incorporating aerospace technology, shows promise as a balance aid for patients with the movement disorder ataxia. Research conducted by Radboud university medical center, in ...

CHINO HILLS, Calif. (KABC) -- A Chino Hills family is living with a grim reality. Very few people know what Ataxia is. The neuro-degenerative condition runs in families, and the symptoms can start ...

Ataxia is a form of movement disorder. There is loss of balance and physical co-ordination leading to difficulty in walking normally. The Cerebellum of the brain is normally responsible for ...

PARIS — High-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is safe and effective in managing ataxia in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), new research ...

Neurological disorders of gait, balance and posture are both debilitating and common. Adequate recognition of these so-called disorders of axial mobility is important as they can offer useful clues to ...

LUNENBURG — Mary Ellen McKenna was a high school senior sorting through nursing school acceptances when her grandmother had a stroke and lost much of her mobility, leaving her unable to walk. When ...

Remarkable progress has been made towards understanding the molecular and cellular causes of chronic progressive ataxias, yet these conditions are among the last movement disorders to be subjected to ...