Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Cerebral palsy (CP) is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement.
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Babies with a life-threatening condition whose bodies are cooled shortly after birth as a treatment continue to benefit from the therapy years later, a new study suggests.
In the study of babies born with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), a condition in which the brain does not receive enough oxygen, those who received the body-cooling treatment were more likely to survive to ages 6 and 7 than those who did not receive the treatment, the study found.In addition, the treatment did not appear to increase the risk of harms later in life — babies who received body cooling were no more likely to have physical disabilities or low IQ scores in early childhood, the researchers said.The study supports the findings of earlier research that the cooling treatment decreased the risk of death in infants with HIE. However, it is the first study to show these benefits persist in school-age children, the researchers said."Before the advent of this cooling treatment in 2005, doctors couldn't tre...VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A California woman has been ordered to stand trial for murder in the 2008 starving death of her 5-year-old son, who had cerebral palsy .Du...
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A 7-year-old girl with cerebral palsy was reportedly the subject of aggressive screening by Transportation Security Administration agents on Monday, causing her fami...
The risk of major birth defects in babies conceived using some methods of fertility treatment is nearly double those conceived naturally, a study by Australian resea...
The mother of a child with cerebral palsy is preparing to file a lawsuit against a school district after she says a special education director told her that her five...
It may be possible to treat cerebral palsy after birth with a new drug designed to target specific cells in the brain, a new study in animals suggests.In the study, ...
The rate of cerebral palsy among very preterm infants may be much lower now compared with 20 years ago, a study at one large medical center suggests.Cerebral palsy r...
Steve Wampler has spent the past year training to climb El Capitan -- a 3,000-foot mountain located in Yosemite National Park. Climbing El Capitan is considered a st...
A father furious because his 13-year-old daughter who suffers from cerebral palsy had been bullied stormed onto a school bus and threatened the children who teased h...
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A prominent San Francisco Bay-area civil rights attorney says the foster father of a missing 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy will take a polygraph test.Attorney J...
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