Due to the long delay in getting treatment, Daniel Collins (14) will now need two spinal surgeries instead of one ...

[21] Any child with congenital scoliosis may also be at risk for chest wall deformities. The most devastating are those that have fusions of multiple ribs in young patients as the chest wall ...

About 3 million scoliosis cases are diagnosed in the United States every year, generally in children ages 10 to 12, according ...

Mild curves, like those found in 90% of scoliosis cases, typically don’t require treatment. If your child has this condition, your family doctor may recommend the wait-and-see approach.

In one of last letters as minister for health, Stephen Donnelly directed executive under Health Act to treat children with scoliosis and spina bifida ...

Scoliosis is a curvature in the spine. Most cases of scoliosis develop just before you reach puberty. In those cases, the cause is not known. However, certain diseases like cerebral palsy or ...

Feb 27, 2025 Feb 27, 2025 Updated Mar 14, 2025 0 A teddy bear made Mariana Barbuto feel better about her scoliosis diagnosis. Now, she has raised nearly $2,000 to send bears to other children with ...

Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has said that the country is "nowhere near" where it needs to be in providing ...

Scoliosis causes abnormal curvature of the spine, and is increasingly affecting children between the ages of 10-15. Early diagnosis is crucial as untreated scoliosis can lead to long-term ...

The girl's GP said they could be waiting months for an appointment with the HSE despite the immense pain she was in ...

Senator Ryan said: “For too long, children with scoliosis have been ignored, left on ever-growing waiting lists and forced to endure unimaginable pain. This is not just a failure of our health ...