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Among the Academies: Transforming Lives Before Birth
As one of the world’s first fetal surgeons, Diana Farmer has long been focused on the smallest of patients.She specializes in ...
‘These patients are pioneers’: Duke launches adult spina bifida clinic after many survive childhood
Spina bifida isn’t the only condition doctors are addressing differently as more patients survive to adulthood. Dr. Weiner ...
“Just like me.” The story behind heartwarming viral video of a boy in a wheelchair in a SC Target
“There’s a girl in a wheelchair, just like me,” then 4-year-old Ezra Spinelli repeats in the viral video. Since Ezra’s mother ...
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Neurosurgery advocates for legislation to prevent spina bifida in Alabama’s Hispanic community
Members of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurosurgery, the Global Alliance for Prevention of Spina ...
A boy’s pure joy over a Target ad highlights what’s lost when companies roll back DEI
In response to Ezra’s excited reaction at ‘feeling seen’ in Target, TikTok user @blissfullybex commented that, as an adult, ...
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Fate of 17 children with spina bifida in limbo after surgeon’s suspension
PETALING JAYA: The fate of 17 children born with spinal cord defects is in limbo following the Jan 10 suspension of a neurosurgeon accused of sexual harassment. Noraishah Mydin Abdul Aziz, a ...
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Fate of 17 children with spina bifida in limbo after surgeon’s suspension
Medical researcher Noraishah Mydin Abdul Aziz (seated centre) with parents and their children who suffer from spina bifida at a press conference in Petaling Jaya today. The fate of 17 children ...