Life expectancy varied greatly on the basis of impairments in motor function, feeding ability, and continence in patients with open spina bifida, with fewer years for those with the most severe ...

Studies have reported on survival probabilities of people born with open spina bifida, a condition where the spinal cord and nerves are exposed through an opening in the back. Research published in ...

Jennifer Andrews, PhD, is an associate professor of pediatrics at the College of Medicine – Tucson and director of the Arizona Research Investigating Disability and Disorders, or ARID Lab, at the ...

Spina bifida is typically diagnosed during pregnancy or immediately after birth. But a mild form of spina bifida, which rarely causes symptoms, can go unnoticed until adulthood. Spina bifida is a ...

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 ...