Angela Ibarra-Garcia in an ultrasound learned her baby girl, Daniela, had spina bifida, a condition where the spine doesn't ...

Spina bifida is a condition where a baby’s spine and spinal cord do not close properly, leading to nerve and mobility issues. It ranges from mild to severe and can be detected before birth. Early ...

Chelsy and Jeff King knew little about spina bifida when an ultrasound showed signs of the condition midway through pregnancy. They soon learned that the defect could be repaired before their baby was ...

An Ohio hospital successfully performed its first in utero fetal surgery to repair a birth defect in a nearly 23-week-old fetus, making it one of few elite medical facilities in the U.S. capable of ...

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Pregnant women in most countries worldwide are currently offered prenatal screening for spina bifida and other birth defects. The test results are not 100% accurate and there are some false positive ...

DAMASCUS, Ore. — An Oregon baby became the second person in the world to undergo a ground breaking surgery after he was diagnosed with spina bifida while still in the womb. Tobi Maginnis, now 8 months ...

IOWA CITY - When Iowa City High senior Megan Bywater was 1 1/2 years old, she achieved mobility no one expected. With the help of braces and crutches, she walked for the first time. Since that day, ...

"Since day one, we've always told them, 'You can do anything,'" the boys' father, Dave Glad, tells PEOPLE Tonja Glad vividly remembers the day she held the ultrasound of her third child 13 years ago.

Doctors at a hospital in Orlando say 3D printing technology is helping them fix congenital disabilities in babies that haven't even been born yet. The new technology allows doctors to print a ...