New research suggests that injections of botulinum toxin A (Botox) enhanced benefits from occupational therapy for children with cerebral palsy affecting one limb. In the study, Dr Remo N Russo, from Flinders University in Daw Park, South Australia, and colleagues randomly assigned 43 children with...
Baylor, Doctor Settle Brain Damage Case for $11 Million, Woman Should Have Had Emergency C-Section, Lawsuit Claimed (Dallas) A Dallas court on November 29 approved an $11 million settlement between an Oklahoma woman and her son and the hospital and physician she accused of causing...
Tiantan Puhua Neurosurgical Hospital, the world's leading center for effective treatment of Parkinson's disease and stroke, today here announced a breakthrough in the worldwide treatment of Cerebral Palsy (CP) by introducing neural stem cells through a safe, non-evasive procedure to 19-year-old Gabor Bocskai from...
The Schenectady firefighters had a grand old time knocking balls out of the park and rounding the bases. It was 1953 and the firefighters had put together a game to raise money for cerebral palsy. Both the fire and police teams were competing at...
Recent news is bringing light to a new potential treatment option for families whose children have cerebral palsy - if they knew to do something in advance. The idea: using a child's own umbillical cord blood stem cells to stimulate growth and regeneration of...
As women from throughout the United States compete in the Miss USA pageant in Las Vegas this weekend, one participant in particular is sure to be an inspiration whether she wins or not. Affected with the neurological disorder cerebral palsy, 20-year-old Abbey Curran made...
The U.S. Air Force has paid a family $5 million for injuries sustained during childbirth at a military hospital. This is a record amount for government settlement payments to children who have suffered brain damage as a result of negligence of government employees....
Often doctors know that an operation will help a child who has Cerebral palsy regain the ability to walk. They don't always know where to operate. A new technology available in limited areas is resolving that problem. Motion analysis is a way of pinpointing...
The Salisbury Journal has run a story about nine-year-old Thomas Young, a child born with cerebral palsy as a result of medical error. Young has been awarded a settlement in a case against the hospital. You can read more about the case on our...
An innovative technology called the Olympic Cool-Cap System may prevent or reduce the severity of neurological injury in infants who suffered from decreased blood flow and oxygen to the brain. Cooling the brain in this manner may interrupt a series of events that often...
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