Spina bifida charity accuses midwives of 'scaremongering'
Nurse Gill Yaz, of the spina bifida charity Shine, said she feared the number of women taking folic acid could drop if women got the false message it was harmful. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Transitioning Youth With Spina Bifida to Adult Healthcare Transitioning Youth With Spina Bifida to Adult Healthcare
What can clinicians do to help patients with spina bifida successfully transition from pediatric to adult health care?Pediatric Nursing (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 19, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing Journal Article Source Type: news
Medical News Today: What causes spina bifida occulta?
A look at spina bifida occulta, a condition that affects the development of the spine. Included is detail on its development in the womb and complications. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Bones / Orthopedics Source Type: news
International Spina Bifida experts shapes future research, shares insights for practical care
(IOS Press) In order to provide a multidisciplinary forum for research in spina bifida, the Spina Bifida Association (SBA) sponsored the Third World Congress on Spina Bifida Research and Care in 2017. This special issue of the Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (JPRM) presents significant contributions from that conference. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Put folic acid in bread to protect babies, says study
A major new study has concluded that adding folic acid to flour and bread in Britain would help protect babies from devastating medical conditions such as spina bifida. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 31, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Low carb diets linked to risk of birth defects
Pregnant women on low carb diets like Kim Kardashian's Keto regimen are at a 30 precent greater risk of having a baby with spina bifida, according to a new University of North Carolina study. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 25, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Healing Edge: After Surgery in the Womb, a Baby Kicks Up Hope
Baby Boy Royce, who underwent an operation for spina bifida as a fetus, had the biggest defect that the surgical team had attempted to repair. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: DENISE GRADY Tags: Surgery and Surgeons Babies and Infants Texas Children's Hospital spina bifida fetal surgery Source Type: news
Welsh and Scottish health ministers call for folic acid in flour
They say UK wide policy will help reduce neural tube defects such as spina bifida Related items fromOnMedica Multivitamins in pregnancy ‘should be avoided’ Europe should introduce mandatory folic acid fortification, study says Mums-to-be with diabetes ill-prepared to cope with increased complications risk Scotland plans to fortify flour with folic acid UK failure to fortify flour with folic acid has caused 2,000+ cases of neural tube defect (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - December 4, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
UC Davis gets $2M from AHRQ to test telemedicine program for children with physical disabilities
The University of California at Davis Health System has received a $2 million grant over five years to test a telemedicine program for children with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, spinal cord injuries, and other disabilities. According to the AHRQ database, UC Davis will receive $396,557 for FY 2017. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - November 20, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Surgeons fixed a baby's spina bifida in mother's womb
Surgeons performed a rare in utero surgery to fix the opening in a fetus's back caused by spina bifida for the first time in June. Healthy baby Eiko son was born 10 weeks later. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
$2 million grant brings telemedicine to children with disabilities
(University of California - Davis Health System) The UC Davis Department of Pediatrics has received a $2 million, five-year grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to fund a new telemedicine program for children in remote communities. The School-Based Tele-Physiatry Assistance for Rehabilitative and Therapeutic Services (STARS) program will provide critical physiatry care for kids with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, spinal cord injuries and other disabilities. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Surgeons repair spina bifida in fetus for first time in Canada, hospitals say
For the first time in Canada, a team of surgeons has successfully performed in-utero surgery to repair a form of spina bifida, two Toronto hospitals say. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Surgeons repair spina bifida in fetus for 1st time in Canada, hospitals say
For the first time in Canada, a team of surgeons has successfully performed in-utero surgery to repair a form of spina bifida, two Toronto hospitals say. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Famous People with Spina Bifida
List of well known and famous people both past and present who were born with Spina Bifida (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - November 10, 2017 Category: Disability Tags: Famous Disabled Source Type: news
Pictures show surgeons taking womb out of expectant mother
The child of Joshuwa and Lexi Royer was operated on in Texas last month - before being born. Doctors performed a groundbreaking surgery to treat the child's spina bifida. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
