Exercise offers ‘profound’ benefits for Friedreich’s ataxia
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 08:40
in Health & Medicine
A top exercise researcher at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is urging clinical trials of exercise in patients with Friedreich’s ataxia after finding that physical activity has a “profound” protective effect in mouse models of the debilitating genetic disease. Friedreich’s ataxia typically limits patients’ ability to exercise. But the new findings from UVA’s […]