Rene Kirby, a Vermont native with spina bifida who defied physical limitations to act, compete in sports, and live ...

The spina bifida study will enroll 943 participants over the age of four across 24 U.S. medical centers to compare two enema ...

When Kelly and Larry Peterson - both born with spina bifida - first applied to adopt a child, they were heartbroken to be ...

Rene, who was also a gymnast, had been in the hospital for two months before his death, his brother Jon Kirby told Vermont ...

A Kansas City toddler defied great odds after undergoing a trailblazing surgery for a neural tube defect known as spina ...

Spina bifida is the most common birth defect of the central nervous system, in which the vertebral column and spine fail to develop properly while the baby is still forming in the womb.

Four-year-old Melody Davis, who was born with spina bifida, is held steady by Allison Stavinoha as she works a puzzle held by Richard Stewart during a session with the physical therapists at ...

About 1,500 babies are born in the U.S. each year with spina bifida, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Spina Bifida Association of Colorado is not a group that searches for a cure, but a group that helps to make the lives of families living with spina bifida a little bit easier to handle.

A pair of English bulldog puppies are the first patients to be successfully treated with a unique therapy — a combination of surgery and stem cells — developed at the University of California, Davis, ...

Ella was born was spina bifida and diagnosed in the womb when Rogers was 24 weeks pregnant. One week before the diagnosis, Rogers lost Ella's twin sister.