New grant seeks to fill knowledge gaps regarding spina bifida
(University of California - San Diego) Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine have been awarded a five-year, $8.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the causes of spina bifida, the most common structural defect of the central nervous system. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Tiny miracle: amid pandemic, state ’s first fetal surgery for spina bifida
On March 21, a team of Yale doctors made history with Connecticut ’s first fetal surgery to correct myelomeningocele — a complete success. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 17, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic research finds spina bifida surgery before birth restores brain structure
(Mayo Clinic) Surgery performed on a fetus in the womb to repair defects from spina bifida triggers the body's ability to restore normal brain structure, Mayo Clinic research discovered. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic research finds spina bifida surgery before birth restores brain structure
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Surgery performed on a fetus in the womb to repair defects from spina bifida triggers the body's ability to restore normal brain structure, Mayo Clinic research discovered. Research by Rodrigo Ruano, M.D., Ph.D., chair of Mayo Clinic's Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, finds that fetal surgery to correct congenital spinal cord [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - March 31, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Baby with spina bifida has surgery on spine while in the WOMB
Joanne Crellin, 37, from Douglas on the Isle of Man, agreed to a complex fetal operation when she was 26 weeks pregnant after finding out her son, Blay, would suffer with spina bifida. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Benefits of fetal surgery to repair spina bifida persist through school age
The procedure corrects myelomeningocele, the most serious form of spina bifida. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - January 24, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Benefits of fetal surgery for spina bifida continue through school age
(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) The benefits of fetal surgery to repair spina bifida, a procedure pioneered at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in 1997, continue through school age, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study reports today in the journal Pediatrics. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 24, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Benefits of fetal surgery for spina bifida persist in school-age children
(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) In a follow-up to the landmark 2011 study that demonstrated prenatal surgery for spina bifida has measurable benefits over surgery after birth for one of the most disabling neural tube defects, researchers have published new findings. These findings show significant physical and emotional benefits a decade later in school-age children who received corrective surgery in the womb for myelomeningocele, the most severe form of spina bifida. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 24, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Immigration and transition: Emerging trends in spina bifida care
(IOS Press) In this collection of articles in the Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (JPRM) experts highlight the emerging trends in spina bifida care in response to challenges faced by spina bifida patients and their physicians due to demographic shifts in age and ethnicity and other societal factors. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Cochrane systematic review informs WHO guidelines, policy
Originally published in the Cornell ChronicleFolate is an essential B-vitamin that is needed for DNA synthesis and cell division. Folate deficiency can lead to anemia, and deficiency early in pregnancy can lead to neural tube defects – birth defects of the brain, spine and spinal cord, including spina bifida.A Cochrane systematic review on the benefits and safety of fortifying wheat or maize flour with folic acid and population health outcomes, led by scientists in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell, found that fortification with folic acid (the synthetic form of folate) may improve folate status and redu...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - December 10, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Adorable boy, 2, with spina bifida is thriving thanks to emergency surgery
Leo Harris, two, of Utah, was diagnosed with spina bifida in the womb. Thanks to emergency surgery after his birth, he is now moving around more than expected, say his parents Shaylise and Alex. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Environmental buttocks burns in children and adolescents with spina bifida in the Southwestern United States - Murphy PS, Kleinwachter N, Medina E.
PURPOSE: Spina Bifida (SB) is a congenital defect of the neural tube resulting in motor and sensory defects and frequently includes insensate skin on the buttocks and feet which are innervated by sacral nerves. For those living in hot climates such as the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Implementation of intimate partner violence education for adolescents with spina bifida - Levin-Decanini T, Miller E, Houtrow A, Kreashko L, Cassidy B.
This study evaluated the feasibility of implementing a brief educational training based on an evidence-based intimate partner viole... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
UK health officials approve 'life-changing' spina bifida surgery which is done in the WOMB
The NHS's medical director in England, Professor Stephen Powis, said the health service would be offering the pioneering surgery 'in just a few weeks' to babies with spina bifida. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NICE supports procedure to treat spina bifida on unborn babies
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Source: OnMedica Latest News - September 25, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
