Over half of newborns with severe spina bifida experience sleep-disordered breathing, an often overlooked early threat to ...

Children with spina bifida, a malformation of the spinal cord that can lead to mobility impairments and hydrocephalus—a buildup of fluid in the brain—face significant risk of cognitive difficulties ...

Children with spina bifida, a malformation of the spinal cord that can lead to mobility impairments and hydrocephalus — a buildup of fluid in the ...

Spina bifida is typically diagnosed during pregnancy or immediately after birth. But a mild form of spina bifida, which rarely causes symptoms, can go unnoticed until adulthood. Spina bifida is a ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medicine Adult Spina Bifida Clinic is the only program in the Southeast region that provides multidisciplinary care for individuals with spina bifida for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . UTIs are common among children with spina bifida. Individual urinalysis findings had a poor diagnostic accuracy ...

HARRISON COUNTY, Ohio — About 1 in 2,875 babies are born with spina bifida in the United State annually. Spina bifida is a birth defect where the spine doesn't fully close during pregnancy. It can ...

Derrek Cooke, who was born with Spina Bifida, speaks with “Enable: The Disability Podcast” about what it means to be a “Spina Bifida Warrior” and facing challenges head on. He also spoke about who his ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Surgeons at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) performed Oregon’s first in-utero surgery to repair spina bifida. Oregon couple Vanessa Garcia-Pelayo and her husband ...

ORANGE PARK, Fla. — Hearing the words "birth defect" from her doctor was the last thing an expected mother from Orange Park wanted to hear. But, by documenting her pregnancy and going through the ...

Researchers at WashU Medicine and their collaborators have found that newborns who receive surgery for a severe form of spina bifida are more likely to suffer from breathing disruptions during sleep ...