Move Over, Elon: This Under 30 CEO Just Raised $8 Million To Build A Next-Generation Brain Implant
Paul Le Floch ’s company, Axoft, is developing brain implants made from soft, flexible materials that reduce injury and could treat disorders such as cerebral palsy. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - October 18, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Alex Knapp, Forbes Staff Tags: Science /science Innovation /innovation Leadership /leadership Under 30 /under30 Healthcare /healthcare Editors' Pick editors-pick technology alexknappblog Source Type: news
Exploring the influence of a community-based peer-led wheelchair skills training on satisfaction with participation in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy and spina bifida: a pilot study - Ouellet B, Best KL, Wilson D, Miller WC.
BACKGROUND: Peer-led approaches improve satisfaction with participation, wheelchair skills and wheelchair use self-efficacy in adults, but the evidence is limited in children. This pilot study aimed to explore the influence of community-based, peer-led, gr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
A Katrina survivor with a disability tells her story
Karen Nix tells her story of surviving hurricanes Katrina and Ida while living with cerebral palsy (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Eritrea: World Cerebral Palsy Day
[Shabait] World Cerebral Palsy was observed at national level in Asmara on 6 October under the theme "Let's Support People with Cerebral Palsy". (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 7, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
PET shows brain metabolic patterns in children with cerebral palsy
F-18 FDG-PET for the first time has revealed early morphological brain abnormalitie...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Advanced brain MRI provides insights into brain malformations (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 6, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Racial Disparities for Pts With Spina Bifida or Cerebral Palsy Racial Disparities for Pts With Spina Bifida or Cerebral Palsy
Black and Hispanic people with spina bifida and cerebral palsy access preventive services less than their White counterparts.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 4, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
‘I Did All I Could’: As Floodwaters Rose, She Fought to Save Her Disabled Brothers
Darcy Bishop for decades has cared for her two brothers, who have cerebral palsy. Hurricane Ian was her biggest test yet. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A dad turned his daughter's diagnosis into a bionic clothing company that will ship its first product yet this year
The company raised $12.5 million in a Series A round that will help it fill pre-orders of its "neural sleeve," which was cleared by the FDA in February for cerebral palsy, stroke and multiple sclerosis patients. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 29, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
Suit: Care home resident died with paper jammed in windpipe
The mother of a woman with cerebral palsy and intellectual disabilities is suing the Philadelphia care home where her daughter lived for 40 years (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - September 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Epidemiology of fractures in children with cerebral palsy: a Swedish population-based registry study - Linton G, H ägglund G, Czuba T, Alriksson-Schmidt AI.
BACKGROUND: Children with cerebral palsy (CP) form a heterogeneous group and may have risk or protective factors for fractures compared with typically developing children. The fracture sites may also differ from those of children who do not have CP. We ana... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Cerebral palsy: Boy, two, plays in the sea for the first time thanks to specialised wheelchair
Heartwarming footage shows Joey Leathwood, giggling in the waves at Skegness Beach in Lincolnshire. His parents, Tom and Helen, were able to take him out because of an off-road wheelchair. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Preterm birth delay drugs safe for global reduction in neonatal death
Women around the world should be able to access the best medical treatments that help to delay preterm births and improve neonatal outcomes,updated Cochrane network meta-analysis suggests.Cochrane is a global, independent network of health practitioners, researchers, patient advocates and others, responding to the challenge of making vast amounts of research evidence useful for informing decisions about health. We do this by synthesizing research findings to produce the best available evidence on what can work, what might harm, and where more research is needed. Our work is recognised as the international gold standard for...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - August 9, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Opioid Rx Dosage Higher for Adults With Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida
FRIDAY, July 22, 2022 -- Adults with cerebral palsy and spina bifida (CP/SB) obtain significantly higher prescription dosages of opioids than adults without CP/SB, according to a study published online July 7 in Heliyon.
Mark D. Peterson, Ph.D.,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 22, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Jim Edmonds slams Meghan King for sharing son's potty-training struggles
The former “RHOC” star asked her Instagram followers for advice on getting her 4-year-old Hart, who has cerebral palsy, to go to the bathroom. #meghanking #jimedmonds (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: In-Depth - Cerebral Palsy in SA - Part 1
[spotlight] It is estimated that around half of medical negligence claims against government are for cerebral palsy-type claims. Apart from the direct impact on infants and families, cerebral palsy thus also has a major impact on health budgets. In this first article in a two-part series, Elri Voigt asks what we know about cerebral palsy in South Africa. In part 2 we will look at what can be done to reduce the incidence of cerebral palsy in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 30, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
