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Theo Dawson was diagnosed with spina bifida after a 20-week ultrasound and received fetal surgery before he was born.

Spina bifida is a condition that affects the spine and is present at birth. The term literally means "split spine" in Latin. The condition develops before birth when the neural tube (a group of cells ...

The American Journal of Nursing (AJN) is the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world. The Journal's mission is to promote excellence in professional nursing, with a global ...

Open spina bifida (SB), a neural tube defect (NTD), also known as myelomeningocele, remains the most complex congenital abnormality of the central nervous system compatible with long term survival. It ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UAMS) – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has opened an adult Spina Bifida Clinic, the first multidisciplinary clinic available to adult patients in Arkansas.

The parents of Harvey Morrison have said there will be an inquiry into the care of spina bifida and scoliosis patients at Children's Health Ireland. Stephen Morrison and Gillian Sherratt met with ...

Angela Ibarra-Garcia in an ultrasound learned her baby girl, Daniela, had spina bifida, a condition where the spine doesn't ...

In July, a switch in state funding will cut some of the services the organization provides Spina Bifida Resource Network of Flemington is the state's only spina bifida organization FLEMINGTON – More ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Government will ensure that a promised inquiry into the care of spina bifida and scoliosis patients at Children's Health Ireland (CHI) is "effective" as well as ...

A Kent mother has told of her astonishing birth story, which saw her son Luca 'born twice' — once at six months and again and just under nine months. Lisa Coffee, 23, was told early on in her ...