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 ...

“Who better to teach a baby with spina bifida how to grow up to be independent and to manage their own care?” Hadley Peterson's doctor says Susan Young is a reporter. She started contributing to ...

Until recent years, spina bifida was considered primarily a pediatric problem. With the success of innovative health care, there are now more individuals with this condition living healthy adult lives ...

Kelly and Larry Peterson's love story began at a summer camp for children with spina bifida. Born on the same day, the couple discovered they had much in common beyond their shared birthday and ...

Nick Heilig, a volunteer with spina bifida, rolls through Delaware Park during the September 2022 Walk and Roll event hosted by SBWNY. Heilig helped plan the Walk and Roll which raised over $11,000 ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson received $1.7 million in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve knowledge regarding the prevalence ...

Analisa Novak is a content producer for CBS News and the Emmy Award-winning "CBS Mornings." She specializes in covering live events and exclusive interviews for the show. Analisa is a United States ...

The Festus Fajemilo Foundation (FFF), a non-governmental organisation, has highlighted the urgent need for increased awareness and special care for children living with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus ...

Small but mighty, 6-year-old Hadley Peterson has been a spitfire since the day she was born. “This one is sassy, sarcastic, funny — and that eye roll,” mom Kelly Peterson tells PEOPLE in an interview ...