Stem-cell–enhanced in‑utero surgery for spina bifida safely protects the fetal spinal cord and has so far prevented shunt ...

Pregnancy complications are top-of-mind for many after Kourtney Kardashian revealed she underwent "urgent fetal surgery" that lead to her husband, Travis Barker, halting his band's tour. The reality ...

Spina bifida, a spinal cord defect, affects about 1,500 U.S. pregnancies each year. Just this year, surgery to correct this birth defect while the... A Prenatal Surgery For Spina Bifida Comes Of Age ...

For some families, the joy of a new baby comes with unexpected challenges: About 3% of US newborns — roughly 1 in 33 — have a birth defect each year. While it might seem scary, the good news is that ...

A research team at UC Davis Health in Sacramento has completed what the institution calls the world’s first treatment combining open fetal surgery with a stem-cell–seeded patch to repair spina bifida ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Kourtney Kardashian, 45, says her baby had fluid in his lungs, which prompted her scary emergency fetal ...

In the fall, Kourtney Kardashian Barker, then pregnant with her and rocker husband Travis Barker's first child together, announced that she had undergone "urgent fetal surgery" and credited doctors ...

Kourtney Kardashian is reflecting on the traumatic experience of undergoing emergency surgery to save her baby's life. During the Season 5 premiere of "The Kardashians," Kardashian, 45, shared new ...

The concept of fetal surgery captures the imagination when, from time to time, it makes the headlines. Few pregnant mothers will need the assistance of fetal medicine specialists; fewer still will ...

The Lemme founder underwent fetal surgery when she was pregnant with her fourth baby, son Rocky Thirteen Neilson Barnard/Getty Images; Hulu Kourtney Kardashian Barker is sharing a closer look at her ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — To understand just how big of a deal it is to see four-year-old Emma Leiting walking, you have to know that her parents, Derrick and Mallory, were told she likely never would ...