Recent Spina Bifida News:
Middlesbrough mum in tribute to spina bifida battling daughter - Thu, 02 Feb 2012
WITH her big blue eyes and angelic smile Sofie Davidson is a happy-go-lucky four-year-old. But despite her young age, she has already undergone major surgeries to her brain, back and hips.
Study finds in utero surgery preferable to surgery - Wed, 08 Feb 2012
( Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine ) In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that show that, for children with spina bifida, surgery conducted while the fetus is still in utero as opposed to surgery on a newborn is more cost effective due to the costs associated with ...
'Being in a wheelchair, doesn't make him give up his dream of being a part of the Marine Corps family' - Sat, 11 Feb 2012
TAMPA, Fla. - Wheelchair-bound Kirby Bush always had a lifelong dream of becoming a United States Marine. But due to his spina bifida, a birth defect that occurs when the spine fails to properly form in the early stages of pregnancy, that dream was out of the question - even before he was born.
Diabetic women likely to deliver babies with defects - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
London, Feb 6 (IANS) Diabetic women who become pregnant are four times more likely than other women to deliver babies with birth defects, which include heart disease and spina bifida, a study reveals.
Spina bifida Middlesbrough girl, four, given trike she can pedal by hand - Mon, 16 Jan 2012
LIKE all little girls, four-year-old Sofie Davidson loves nothing better than whizzing up and down the street on her pink bike.
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