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Friedreich’s ataxia and more general forms of hereditary ataxias. The most common symptoms of the disease "are balance and walking difficulties, clumsiness, vision changes, speech ...

Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) is a rare condition. It causes damage to your nervous system that gets worse over time. As a result, you may have abnormal movements, trouble walking or speaking ...

For now, he’s “Bill Nye the Ataxia Advocate Guy,” as he aims to ... to control their muscles and often leads to problems with walking and speech, in a documentary released in 2017.

Baker said she's always been that way, but also must focus on the positives in her life as she navigates her 20s living with ...

Treatment success was measured as a change from baseline in the modified Friedreich’s Ataxia Rating Scale (mFARS ... standing posture, and walking) Scores range from 0 to 99, with a lower ...

Bill shared that he had several family members suffer from Ataxia. "People in my family, going back at least to the 1500s had this genetic condition where they had difficulty walking as they get ...

Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and Reader's Digest. Ataxia may not be as well known as other degenerative conditions, but as Bill Nye says, “If you’re in my family, you hear abo ...

What are the early signs of Friedreich’s ataxia? Ataxia (impaired muscle coordination), which can cause balance problems, difficulty walking, and uncoordinated movements, is usually the first ...