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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Last week's episode of Call the Midwife provoked a huge reaction from viewers, as it explored a storyline surrounding parents refusing to keep their baby who had been born with spina bifida.

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.

Call the Midwife executive producer and writer Heidi Thomas has said she is "moved" by the viral response to Baby June's episode. During the third episode of season 14 of the BBC show, viewers watched ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...