DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — Doctors call it a triumph of American medicine: People are living into adulthood with conditions that were once considered unsurvivable, but some adults are having a hard time ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UAMS) – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has opened an adult Spina Bifida Clinic, the first multidisciplinary clinic available to adult patients in Arkansas.

In 2020, the Spina Bifida Association recognized the UAB Adult Spina Bifida Clinic as a Clinic Care Partner, making it one of the initial recipients of this distinction. To earn this honor, the clinic ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Patients with the congenital condition of spina bifida are living longer thanks to advances in health care. Now, to address the need of caring for adult patients with the disorder, ...

Spina bifida is the most common permanently disabling birth defect that is associated with life. Each year approximately 1,400 babies born in the United States have spina bifida, according to the U.S.

A unique study of spina bifida patients found that while mobility tended to decline in later life, surviving adults were more likely to live independently. In a study of 117 cases of spina bifida with ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: My sister has spina bifida. She is 72, on heavy-duty pain ...

Krogh et al 10 found that 66% of the children with myelomeningocele aged 6 years or older who suffered from faecal incontinence reported that this problem had some or even a major influence on their ...

(KATV)-Growing into adults is something Spina Bifida patients didn't do in the past, but because of medical advances, they're able to transition into adulthood. With that, comes a need for more than ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My sister has spina bifida. She is 72, on heavy-duty pain meds and is very discouraged, as no doctors have been able to help her. Some have even hurt her in their efforts to assist. My ...