Researchers at a biotech lab in South San Francisco cheered yesterday as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug -- a remedy derived from tiny doses of the botulism protein -- to ...

Sodium oxybate provided temporary relief for laryngeal dystonia patients who were alcohol-responsive. The neurologic disorder causes laryngeal muscle spasms, leading to a chronically strained voice.

Dystonia is a life-crippling disorder that causes patients to lose control over muscle movements. However, surgery can help patients curb the spasms. Dystonia is a life-crippling disorder that causes ...

Long before it wiped out worry lines and age wrinkles, Botox was created to stop muscle spasms in the eye. Besides its fountain-of-youth qualities, it’s being used to relieve exhausting and sometimes ...

Perla Cassayre Thulin, MD, has special expertise and training in the evaluation and treatment of movement disorders, including Parkinson´s disease, essential tremor, chorea, hemifacial spasm, tics, ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Therapy that stimulates the hand muscles may help treat the condition called musician’s dystonia, a movement disorder that causes muscles spasms in musicians, according to a study ...

Researchers at Mass Eye and Ear have developed a unique diagnostic tool that can detect dystonia from MRI scans, the first technology of its kind to provide an objective diagnosis of the disorder.

A new study showed DystoniaNet AI platform detected cases of dystonia from an MRI with 98.8 percent accuracy. There is currently no diagnostic test for dystonia. Researchers at Mass Eye and Ear have ...

Cannabis oil may reduce the duration and frequency of spasms caused by benign essential blepharospasm (eye twitching), researchers say. The treatment could serve as a second-line treatment for ...

Sandifer syndrome is a type of movement disorder that’s associated with acid reflux and—sometimes—a type of stomach hernia. Movements can range from arching in your back to tense neck postures. They ...