Two updates in orthopedic devicemaker cases both focus on alleged defects with implants and components. 1. A federal district court in Arizona issued a mixed ruling on a motion to dismiss liability ...

A prenatal screening failed to detect a suspected spinal defect due to an irregular process in Huanggang city, Hubei province, municipal authorities said on Friday.

The revolutionary procedure at Intermountain Health Primary Children’s Hospital reduces the risk of complications for moms ...

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 ...

A federal district court in Arizona issued a mixed ruling on a motion to dismiss liability claims involving spinal fixation screws, VitalLaw reported Jan. 30. Claims of negligence per se were ...

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." ...

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… ...

Spina bifida is the most common birth defect of the central nervous system and the second most common of all structural birth defects. To learn more about it, Baylor College of Medicine's From the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated folic acid fortification of all enriched cereal grains in 1996, and this regulation resulted in a reduction of neural tube defect (NTD)–affected ...

Spina bifida is a developmental malformation of the spinal cord that leads to complications in several organ systems and considerable disability, even decades after repair of the anomaly. Before the ...

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 ...

Newborns, whose brains, spines or spinal cords do not properly develop in utero, can be born with neural tube defects (NTD), increasing their risk of physical disabilities, intellectual impairments ...