A clinical trial for spina bifida treatment suggests that a surgical approach relying on stem cells is safe for patients. Its efficacy is still being evaluated.
A 20-year-old woman has won a major legal victory against the doctor her mother consulted before she was conceived. Evie Toombes, a para-showjumper from Skegness, England, who was born with a rare ...
HOUSTON, Feb. 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Physicians and researchers at The Texas Center for Maternal and Fetal Treatment, affiliated with Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital and The University of ...
Spina bifida is a serious congenital condition caused by abnormal neural tube development during early pregnancy. While folic acid supplementation has dramatically reduced its incidence, cases persist ...
Michael Feldman, M.D., a pediatric neurosurgery fellow in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurosurgery Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, is leading efforts to reduce spina ...
Flour in the UK is to be fortified with folic acid in a move to help reduce birth defects, reports suggest. Medics have long called for the move, saying that it could reduce the incidence of ...
New research from Queen Mary University of London reveals less than 1 in 3 women have taken folic acid supplements before pregnancy to prevent spina bifida and other birth defects of the brain, spine, ...
Genetic mutations which occur naturally during the earliest stages of an embryo's development can cause the severe birth defect spina bifida, finds a new experimental study in mice. Genetic mutations ...
This Couple With Spina Bifida Was Denied Adoption—Until a Child Like Them Made Their Dream Come True
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Kelly and Larry Peterson — both born with spina bifida — first applied to adopt a child, they were heartbroken to be turned ...
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