MAYO Rose Clara Gardiner aims to raise awareness for spina bifida and hydrocephalus in memory of her late sister. The Kilfian mother-of-one lost her sister Jemma to hydrocephalus in 2019. She was just ...

“I wasn’t supposed to be able to do all these things I currently do,” said Brian Marelo, who has spina bifida. “You’re only going to hurt yourself if you believe you can’t. But if you ...

This blog discusses events in Call the Midwife Season 14 Episode 3. The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. Wow, who would have predicted how this episode turned ...

Campaign groups representing families of children who have undergone surgery and those on waiting lists have called for a full public inquiry into spina bifida and scoliosis care at Children's ...

The following is a summary of “Limited added value of systematic spinal cord MRI vs brain MRI alone to classify patients with MS as active or inactive during follow-up,” published in the April 2025 ...

For mother Lucy Ware, her daughter Lottie’s diagnosis with the most severe form of Spina Bifida highlights the need for awareness. After a 20-week pregnancy scan Lucy Ware was told her daughter Lottie ...

Introduction: Rehabilitation therapy is an important approach for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) management ... and muscle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can serve as potential biomarkers for ...

I was born with a congenital disease called ‘Spina Bifida’. My case was said to be rare — diastematomyelia — and although I have no recollection of what my parents went through, it is astounding that ...

In September 2023, it emerged publicly that non-EU approved (non-CE marked) metal springs had been surgically implanted into a number of children who underwent spinal surgery at Children's Health ...

There must be a “full public inquiry” into spinal surgery for children with scoliosis and spina bifida after a report showed controls at a Dublin paediatric hospital did not protect children ...

A consultant ceases doing complex spinal surgery on children with spina bifida. The then minister for health Stephen Donnelly tells the Dáil a specific complex procedure, known as kyphectomy ...

A new study has found why MRI scans may leave harmful metals behind in a person's body. The University of New Mexico (UNM) study explored health risks caused by toxic rare earth metal gadolinium ...