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  2. Spina bifida - Wikipedia

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    Spina bifida is a type of neural tube defect related to but distinct from other types such as anencephaly and encephalocele. [13] Most cases of spina bifida can be prevented if the mother gets enough folate before and during pregnancy. [3] Adding folic acid to flour has been found to be effective for most women. [14]

  3. Category:People with spina bifida - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "People with spina bifida" The following 126 pages are in this category, out of 126 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.

  4. I'll Find a Way - Wikipedia

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    I'll Find a Way is a 1977 Canadian short documentary film directed by Beverly Shaffer about nine-year-old Nadia DeFranco, who has spina bifida.Produced by Studio D, the women's unit of the National Film Board of Canada, the film won an Oscar in 1978 for Best Live Action Short Film.

  5. Tethered cord syndrome - Wikipedia

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    In tethered spinal cord cases spina bifida can be accompanied by tethering of the spinal cord but in rare cases with Spina bifida occulta. Tethering of the spinal cord tends to occur in the cases of Spina bifida with mylomeningocele. In most people the spine grows faster than the spinal cord during development which causes the end of the spinal ...

  6. Tatyana McFadden - Wikipedia

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    McFadden was born in Leningrad, then Soviet Union, on April 21, 1989.She was born with spina bifida, a congenital disorder that paralyzed her from the waist down. After her birth mother abandoned her in an orphanage that was too poor to afford a wheelchair for her, she walked on her hands for the first six years of her life.

  7. Dale Tryon, Baroness Tryon - Wikipedia

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    Dale had Perthes disease as a child, spina bifida since childhood and was diagnosed with uterine cancer in 1993. [3] After living with spina bifida for years, she had a series of surgeries to correct the issue. [ 2 ]

  8. Living longer, not healthier: Study finds periods of poor ...

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    The "healthspan-lifespan gap" was largest in the U.S., as Americans live in poor health for an average of 12.4 years, compared to 10.9 years in 2000.

  9. Scoliosis - Wikipedia

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    Surgery is usually recommended by orthopedists for curves with a high likelihood of progression (i.e., greater than 45–50° of magnitude), curves that would be cosmetically unacceptable as an adult, curves in people with spina bifida and cerebral palsy that interfere with sitting and care, and curves that affect physiological functions such ...