According to CBS News, John Mellencamp was born in 1951 with spina bifida and was one of three babies with the condition ...

In a UK first, a team of international surgeons successfully operated on the abnormally developed spines of two unborn babies with spina bifida. In a UK first, a team of international surgeons ...

Choosing to have children is always a step into the unknown. The unknown for Alisha Staten…a condition called spina bifida. She never expected it, but you’ll see she rose to the challenge it presented ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Children born with spina bifida usually face a multitude of challenges throughout their lives, with many of them having limited mobility. But a ground breaking experimental surgery ...

Spina bifida is Latin for split spine and is a birth defect in which an area of the spinal column doesn’t form properly, leaving a section of the spinal cord and spinal nerves exposed. The exact cause ...

Tobi Maginnis, one of the first babies to have a combination of stem cells and surgery while in the womb to treat his spina bifida. (Amy Quinton/UC Davis) Both humans and dogs are susceptible to spina ...

Lindsey was 18 weeks pregnant with her fifth child when she got a life-changing phone call. Her blood work was abnormal. She and husband, Jared, went in for an ultrasound and got some news they never ...

She’s a walking miracle. Five-year-old Piper-Kohl Kelly defied all odds when doctors diagnosed her with spina bifida and claimed she wouldn’t have the ability to walk. Now, the young girl not only ...

(WNDU) - Spina bifida is a birth defect that affects 1,500 babies born each year in the U.S. It happens when the spine and spinal cord don’t form properly. It can cause a range of disabilities, ...

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SALT LAKE CITY — When Angela Ibarra-Garcia went in for her 20-week ultrasound, she expected a routine checkup. Instead, she learned her baby girl, Daniela, had spina bifida, a condition where the ...

After a groundbreaking clinical trial at UC Davis Health, three babies who received the world’s first spina bifida treatment combining surgery with stem cells were born, the health system announced ...