Spina bifida, called myelomeningocele, occurs when spinal tissue fails to fuse properly during the early stages of pregnancy. The birth defect can lead to a range of lifelong cognitive, mobility, ...

It will help her play one of her favorite sports, archery. Poppy Cox has a condition called spina bifida which makes it difficult for her to play sports. On Wednesday, she was surprised with a ...

The NHS website saw more than 18,000 hits in an hour on its spina bifida pages following Sunday night’s episode of Call the Midwife. Spina bifida is a rare condition that occurs when a baby’s spine ...

I have been listing medical anniversaries annually since 2016, and have recently done so for 2025.1 For this purpose I have counted an anniversary as a date on which something noteworthy happened ...