Although spina bifida is relatively ... balloon to block the inside of the baby's windpipe. (The fetus gets its oxygen through the umbilical cord until birth). The fix was based on studies that ...

A mum was relieved to see her newborn son kick his legs after he had spinal surgery while still inside the womb. Serena Nye, ...

Hundreds more birth defects could be prevented every year if the Government increased planned levels of folic acid ...

We were mourning this life we had hoped for our baby.” Spina bifida, called myelomeningocele, occurs when spinal tissue fails to fuse properly during the early stages of pregnancy. The birth ...

A common birth defect caused a newborn baby to ... there is a greater risk of them having a baby with spina bifida. However, none of these factors played a role in the baby's condition in this ...

Spina bifida is the most common permanently disabling birth defect that is associated with life. Each year approximately 1,400 babies born in the United States have spina bifida, according to the U.S.

Serena Nye, from Eastbourne, was told after her 20-week pregnancy scan her unborn son had spina bifida ... and baby were stitched up back inside her body again until it was time to give birth.

held in place with a biomaterial scaffold to form a “patch,” helped lambs with spina bifida walk without noticeable disability. “When the baby sheep who received stem cells were born ...

The objective of the study was to understand the pathophysiology of MMC-associated Hydrocephalus (HCP) in a fetal developmental model of MMC in rats. Materials and methods: This study was ...

A couple have started a fundraising campaign to pay for surgery carried out abroad on their unborn baby, who has spina bifida. Georgia Axford, 19, and Tyler Kelly, 20, from Yate, South ...

On Sunday, the community came together in support of one baby boy and to raise awareness for an important cause. Liam Dugan was born June 13 with spina bifida, a birth defect involving the ...