After receiving a life-changing spina bifida diagnosis at 20 weeks, Maddi Vance chose a groundbreaking fetal surgery to give ...

When Kimmie McCaw had bloodwork performed during a routine prenatal appointment, the last thing the 35-year-old mother of three expected was for there to be abnormalities in the results. Kimmie and ...

What if a baby’s spine could be repaired before birth? New advances in prenatal surgery are changing what’s possible for ...

Pregnant women were afraid to have it. Doctors were afraid to do it. Hospitals stopped performing the surgery because the government wanted evidence it was safe and worth doing. Now, a landmark study ...

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- An FDA study at UTHealth is helping children with spina bifida live to their best potential, and it comes on its national day, recognized on Oct. 25, which raises awareness of ...

Mutant zebrafish reveals a turning point in spine's evolution Single-letter change in DNA also makes the fish a useful model for human spinal defects Date: July 20, 2020 Source: Duke University ...

One little girl was facing a long road to recovery from a severe spinal defect. Then, doctors put a viral song to good use in helping her recover! That song is the recent viral hit song "Baby Shark." ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a severe neurological disease caused by reduced survival of motor neuron (SMN) protein levels. There is presently no cure for the condition, although current therapies ...

This blog discusses events in Call the Midwife Season 14 Episode 3. The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. Wow, who would have predicted how this episode turned out… ...