Doctors treating spina bifida report that surgery in utero reduces the paralysis and brain damage that often results when the defect isn't corrected until after birth. And children who had the ...

Spina bifida is the most common birth defect of the nervous system. It affects about 1,600 babies per year and an estimated 166,000 people are living with spina bifida in the U.S. right now.

Spina bifida is one of the most common forms of birth defect. What do you need to know about preventing and treating it? Spina bifida is one of the most common forms of birth defect.

Expert discusses birth defects, their causes, and preventionthe importance of pre-pregnancy counselling, folic acid, ...

Editor’s note: This article has been changed to correct the percentage of babies born with birth defects each year in the United States. Every year one in 33 babies are born in the United Sta… ...

A woman in the United Kingdom claims she has undergone what is known as “fetal repair” surgery after learning about her baby's diagnosis of spina bifida, a birth defect that affects the spine.

Cases in the U.S. have dropped to 1,500 a year since 1998, when the government ordered that foods like cereals, breads and pasta be fortified with folic acid, which reduces the risk of the spinal ...

Severe brain and spinal birth defects have dropped 27 percent in the United States since the government in 1998 began requiring makers of cereal, pasta, bread and flour to fortify their foods with ...

State health officials have uncovered a disturbing spike in a deadly spinal-cord birth defect in Yakima County, prompting the local health district to encourage pregnant women to be vigilant about ...

It’s a landmark in the controversial, 30-year-old field of fetal surgery: Surgeons are reporting success in treating a common, serious birth defect called spina bifida — before birth. Spina ...