Spina bifida
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Irving native helping bring hope, mobility to Iraqi children...L. CHRISTLIEB / The Dallas Morning News Brad Blauser glanced around the room full of Iraqi parents, their arms holding disabled children suffering from spina bifida, cerebral palsy and polio. They've never walked and never will. He... In this article: Iraq, U.S., Baghdad, Tax, Cerebral palsy, and Spina bifida |
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The Daily Barometer | November 03, 2009
Wheelchair basketball club hits the courts in its debut season
...and active, and to have fun." The wheelchair basketball club currently has 12 members on the team, five of which have disabilities such as cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries and spina bifida. The other seven members do not have any...
In this article: IP Address, Cerebral palsy, Obesity, Tualatin High School, and Yong-In University
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The Gadsden Times | September 07, 2009
Children's Rehabilitation Services helps kids with various diseases
...loss, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis, seizure conditions, cleft lip and palate, craniofacial conditions, hemophilia, spina bifida, traumatic brain injury and urology conditions, Hereford said. The agency participates in...
In this article: Cystic fibrosis, Alabama, Cleft lip and palate, Cerebral palsy, and Rheumatoid arthritis
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CNN | October 01, 2009
What you need to know about the H1N1 vaccine
According to the CDC, of these 56 children, 31 had a pre-existing medical condition such as spina bifida or cerebral palsy before they became infected with H1N1, 17 did not, and health authorities don't have data on the eight other children.
In this article: H1N1, Influenza, National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, Mercury, and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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New Jersey On-Line | October 20, 2009
Sweeney-sponsored bill designed to protect developmentally disabled
...names a person with a developmental disability. Developmental disabilities include mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, spina bifida and other neurological impairments. "Unscrupulous people who are looking to take...
In this article: Beneficiary, Executor, Mental retardation, Cerebral palsy, Autism, Epilepsy, and Jon S. Corzine
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U.S. News & World Report | January 14, 2008
Scoliosis Overview - US News and World Report
...problems and is known as congenital scoliosis. Another type, neuromuscular scoliosis, is caused by an underlying disorder, such as cerebral palsy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or spina bifida. Risk Factors Scoliosis tends to run in...
In this article: Scoliosis, All rights reserved, Back pain, Surgery, Cerebral palsy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and Spinal curvature
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Wikipedia | October 27, 2009
Changeling
...developmentally disabled children. Among the diseases with symptoms that match the description of changelings in various legends are spina bifida, cystic fibrosis, PKU , progeria, Down syndrome, homocystinuria, Williams syndrome, Hurler...
In this article: Changeling, Keith Donohue, The Changeling, and White Wolf, Inc.
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The Stamford Advocate | September 01, 2009
Shriners free screening clinic is September 12
...bone disease), and Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. The event also is for orthopaedic problems associated with conditions such as Spina Bifida, Cerebral Palsy and Muscular Dystrophy. If you are a parent or guardian of a child with any of...
In this article: Shriners Hospitals for Children, Cleft lip and palate, Clubfoot, Cerebral palsy, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Muscular dystrophy, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, and Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Oregonian | July 30, 2009
Woman sentenced for stealing 200 gift cards from OHSU program for disabled children
...has lost her job. Wilhelm worked in the accounting department of the Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, which cares for children with disabilities such as autism, cleft lip, cerebral palsy and spina bifida. The gift cards ranged...
In this article: Multnomah County, Cerebral palsy, Autism, and Nintendo Wii
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Easter Seals (Canada)
...modifications to vehicles and homes. Common disabilities that Easter Seals helps are cerebral palsy, autism, muscular dystrophy, and spina bifida, among many others. The BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities...
In this article: Easter Seals, Canada, Alberta, Cerebral palsy, Autism, Muscular dystrophy, Conn Smythe, and Bragg Creek
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Spina bifida (Latin: "split spine") is a developmental birth defect involving the neural tube: incomplete closure of the embryonic neural tube results in an incompletely formed spinal cord. In addition, the vertebrae overlying the open portion of the spinal cord do not fully form and remain unfused and open. This allows the abnormal portion of the spinal cord to stick out through the opening in the bones. There may or may not be a fluid filled sac surrounding the open spinal cord. Other neural tube defects include anencephaly, a condition in which the portion of the neural tube which will become the cerebrum does not close, and encephalocele, which results when other parts of the brain remain unfused.
Spina bifida malformations fall into four categories: spina bifida occulta, spina bifida cystica (myelomeningocele), meningocele and lipomeningocele. The most common location of the malformations is the lumbar and sacral areas of the spinal cord. Myelomeningocele is the most significant form and it is this that leads to disability in most affected individuals. The terms spina bifida and myelomeningocele are usually used interchangeably.
Spina bifida can be surgically closed after birth, but nerve damage is permanent and this does not restore normal function to the affected part of the spinal cord. An individual with this condition will have dysfunction of the spinal cord and associated nerves from the point of the open defect and below. Intrauterine surgery for spina bifida has also been performed and the safety and efficacy of this procedure is currently being investigated. The incidence of spina bifida can be decreased up to 70 percent when daily folic acid supplements are taken prior to conception.
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