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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY - Scientists report a significant step toward combatting two degenerative brain diseases that chip away at an individual's ability to move, and think. A targeted therapy developed by ...

Friedreich's ataxia is a hereditary disorder that leads to progressive and irreversible damage to the nervous system. Initial signs of the condition include problems with balance, speech and ...

(L-R): Pelham musician and family man John Parnell is an ataxia sufferer (Tamika Moore/[email protected]); Dr. Harrison Walker, a neurologist at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, diagnosed Parnell ...