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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Understanding Cerebellar Ataxias When this "little brain" doesn't work well—as is the case with cerebellar ataxia—it causes discoordination. Simple tasks like walking steadily or picking up a coffee ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) today announced the launch of The ...

Scientists discovered that certain gene changes allow cells to function even when frataxin, the protein lost in Friedreich’s ...

Cerebellum (Latin: "little brain") in orange. Cerebellar means "relating to the cerebellum." Source: 3dMediSphere / Shutterstock Since the 1970s, I've been intrigued by the cerebellum's role in peak ...