Stephanie Marie Leavins, born April 3, 1977, in Milton, Florida, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, January 5, 2025.

New medications and gene therapy are helping to prolong life in other types of SMA, but they tend to work best when disease symptoms are not already severe, as they are in infants with SMA type 0.

or Werdnig-Hoffmann disease. Syndrome-associated scoliosis is observed in Neurofibromatosis, Marfan's syndrome, and thoracic wall deformities or postcardiac/thoracic wall surgery.

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Labor can increase the risk for compromised oxygenation in the fetus. Uterine contractions produce transient decreases in blood flow to the placenta, which can lead to interruptions in gas ...

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A previously unknown disease making the rounds in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a severe form of malaria, the country’s health ministry has announced. Health authorities on Tuesday ...