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

Spina bifida, also known as myelomeningocele, occurs when spinal tissue fails to fuse properly during the early stages of pregnancy. The birth defect can lead to a range of lifelong cognitive ...

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.

A common birth defect caused a newborn baby to develop ... leaving babies with a gap in their spine known as spina bifida. Usually, this gap is covered by skin and doesn't cause any symptoms ...

The Learjet crashed less than a minute after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport on Jan. 31 near a residential area and shopping center. Four others on board, two pilots, a doctor and ...

Doctors worked to close a small hole at the base of his spine through which his spinal cord protruded, a severe form of a birth defect known as spina bifida. Although spina bifida is relatively ...

Women who are planning on becoming pregnant are already encouraged to increase their daily intake of another folate – folic acid – to help prevent birth defects, such as spina bifida and anencephaly.

Our laboratory makes use of a variety of such mice to understand the mechanism by which nutrients such as folic acid prevents common birth defects, including neural tube (Spina bifida) and heart ...

Parel's Wadia Hospital in Mumbai has launched a fetal surgery centre for open spina bifida, a birth defect affecting newborns' spinal closure during pregnancy.