Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Q: My cousin was diagnosed with dystonia, what is this? A: Dystonia is a disorder of involuntary muscle contractions that may ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When we think of movement disorders, the tremors associated with Parkinson’s disease are probably what first spring to mind.

Athetosis and chorea are two types of involuntary movements that can occur in children and adults with neurological conditions, such as cerebral palsy. The movements have different features, and the ...

Ways to make eating and swallowing easier with tardive dyskinesia include switching medications, dietary changes, working with a speech-language pathologist, and more. Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a ...

Chorea-acanthocytosis is a rare genetic disorder of the nervous system. It causes involuntary jerks and twitches in the muscles, known as chorea, and star-shaped red blood cells, known as ...

Researchers uncovered new findings about involuntary muscle movements that come with long-term administration of Parkinson's drug levodopa. University of Arizona researchers have revealed new insights ...

For many stroke survivors, recovery is derailed by painful muscle stiffness and involuntary spasms that limit movement, ...

A scientific review on autoimmune neurological diseases reveals what occurs in our body when the immune system, by mistake, produces antibodies that target a protein essential for the normal ...

Q: My cousin was diagnosed with dystonia, what is this? A: Dystonia is a disorder of involuntary muscle contractions that may cause repetitive and/or abnormal movement or postures, for example ...

When we think of movement disorders, the tremors associated with Parkinson's disease are probably what first spring to mind. However, there are other equally debilitating and much less well-known ...