SPINAL and bulbar muscular atrophy, or Kennedy's disease, is a rare and currently incurable and non-treatable genetic neuro-muscular disease.
It is named after W.R. Kennedy, an American neurologist who was among the first to describe the disease.
According to the US-based Kennedy's Association website (www.kennedysdisease.org), it causes muscle weakness and wasting throughout the body, and is most noticeable in the arms, legs, face and throat.
