Category Archives: Cerebral Palsy Treatment

STEPHANIE Davis took to Twitter on Sunday afternoon to encourage fans to donate to her young cousin, who is raising money for treatment to help with his cerebral palsy battle. The four year old is trying to raise money for a trip to America, where he can receive stem cell treatment to help with his cerebral palsy. So hisCelebrity Big Brother star cousinSteph used her platform of 442k Twitter followers to plead with fans to help out the young tot. "If everyone could please take a minute to read and make a little donation to my cousin I would be so grateful,"Steph wrote, alongside a link to CharleyWeston Smarts JustGiving page. On the tots Crowdfunding page, it explains he is unable to walk, talk or eat, and that if he were go to California, he could receive stem cell treatment enabling him to become stronger. The emotional letter explains: "If I could have a wish for my birthday it would be to go to America to get stem cell treatment to help me, that would be the best birthday present ever. "When I was born the doctors said I will never walk or talk. They said I would be blind … Continue reading →

As the first top-of-the-line professional rehabilitation facility that is the result of a collaboration between China and Sweden, as well as the University of Southern California's only overseas training and teaching facility for rehabilitation and nursing, the Beijing Intech Rehabilitation & Nursing Center recently opened an international assistance hotline +86-184-0146-2910 for cerebral palsy patients and their families in Russia. Russia was chosen as the first country for the hotline service due to the friendly nature of the relations between China and Russia, and, in support of the One Belt, One Road initiative, the Chinese government's initiative to revitalize and foster economic and trade ties with the countries that lie across the Euro-Asian landmass. Opening the international assistance hotline demonstrates the hospital's confidence in its excellent medical rehabilitation technologies, including the one-stop combination rehabilitation system, which consists of a 3D motion capture diagnosis facility, biologically-based neural activation technology, traceless correction technology and the system's rehabilitation training program. Based on the unique pathological condition of each patient, the system will prescribe a specific combination of the available technologies, delivering a recommendation for treatment the total is more than the sum of its parts. The patient can expect to experience observable improvements in … Continue reading →

ENGLISH poet George Herbert once said, One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters. In the case of Ding Zheng, who was born with cerebral palsy in central Chinas Hubei Province and is studying law at Harvard University, his mother Zou Hongyan is worth a thousand schoolmasters and more. There is little value in rescuing the baby. He will become mentally disabled or paralyzed. I suggest you give up, a doctor at Jingzhou District Hospital told Zou and her family on July 21, 1988. Zou was shocked. We shall give up the baby. He will make our whole life miserable, her husband said. His rational words hurt Zou deeply. On the fourth day after giving birth, Zou managed to go to the intensive care unit where her baby was, only to find him especially quiet, neither crying nor even frowning after a nurse gave him injections of medicine. The 25-year-old mother had suffered enough to give birth to the child. She had been carried home several times by her students after fainting during her pregnancy while teaching; she had forced herself out of the habit of sleeping late, and into one of reading poems for antenatal training in the early … Continue reading →

Glasgow funnyman Frankie Boyle is to play a one-off charity gig in Cardiff to help fund a young Cerebral Palsy sufferer's life-changing operation. The controversial comic , whose scathing material has won him as many fans as it has objectors, will appear at St David's Hall on Saturday September 9 in aid of the Lincoln's Legs Appeal, with proceeds going towards funding Pontypool four-year-old Lincoln Hope's trip to America for surgery. Lincoln was born 10 weeks premature and his condition, which affects his ability to walk, will likely lead to deformities and the rest of his life consigned to a wheelchair if not treated. An operation in America would, along with post-op treatment, enable him to walk, run and live a pain-free life. His family need to raise 100,000 necessary in order to make it happen. Boyle's Cardiff gig will be on the only time he'll perform his latest material outside of this August's Edinburgh Festival Fringe (and London's Soho Theatre, where he's about to trial it over two nights as 'work in progress'). He'll be be supported at the Cardiff show by fellow stand-up Francesca Martinez, who also suffers from Cerebral Palsy. Tickets for the show are priced 26.50 … Continue reading →

BEIJING, June 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -Statistics from the World Health Organization show that more than 30 million people across the world suffer from cerebral palsy, posing a great challenge to global prenatal and postnatal care organizations. With the rapid development of the Chinese medical sector, more and more Russian patients are choosing to receive treatment in China. As the first top-of-the-line professional rehabilitation facility that is the result of a collaboration between China and Sweden, as well as the University of Southern California's only overseas training and teaching facility for rehabilitation and nursing, the Beijing Intech Rehabilitation & Nursing Center recently opened an international assistance hotline +86-184-0146-2910 for cerebral palsy patients and their families in Russia. Russia was chosen as the first country for the hotline service due to the friendly nature of the relations between China and Russia, and, in support of the One Belt, One Road initiative, the Chinese government's initiative to revitalize and foster economic and trade ties with the countries that lie across the Euro-Asian landmass. Opening the international assistance hotline demonstrates the hospital's confidence in its excellent medical rehabilitation technologies, including the one-stop combination rehabilitation system, which consists of a 3D motion capture diagnosis facility, … Continue reading →

ATLANTA The potential cuts in the Medicaid program, as outlined in the GOP health care bills, have a deeply felt meaning for Mitzi Proffitt and her family. Shes employed by a nonprofit that provides services to Georgia families impacted by disabilities or special health care needs. And at home, Mitzi arranges for help at her east Georgia home for her son, Joshua, 22, who has cerebral palsy and gets around with a power wheelchair. I live it and work it, she says. Joshua receives Medicaid services through a waiver program for people with developmental disabilities. Because of his physical limitations, Joshua gets help with dressing, eating and transportation, among other services, through the COMP waiver. He now attends college. Hes smart as a tack mentally, Mitzi says. He can talk but cant move. The aid also allows her to work at the nonprofit Parent to Parent of Georgia. So when the House Republican bill and the somewhat different Senate version unveiled last week outline cuts to Medicaid, Mitzi fears the potential impact on her son if the legislation becomes law. Eventually, through a reduction or elimination of the waiver services, Joshua would be put in a nursing home, she says. … Continue reading →

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP A $1 million donation will help Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation launch a specialized center focused on recovery treatment for neurological diseases and disorders. James Klinghoffer, local philanthropist and Longport resident, donated the money to the health provider that will fund the James Klinghoffer Neurorecovery Center, which is slated to open this fall. The money will help pay for advanced robotic technology used to help patients regain mobility. I thought, from my own perspective, if I had a stroke and had a spastic arm, what would it be worth to get treatment to help me dress myself again, said Gabe Staino, Bacharach senior development officer. Just the idea that I could be independent enough to dress myself, to walk again ... these devices take it to another level. Klinghoffer is known for donating money to Shore Medical Center in Somers Point for its James Klinghoffer Emergency Pavilion and the hospitals Harry and Edith Klinghoffer Pediatric Care Center, along with donations to Jewish Family Service of Atlantic and Cape May, Gildas Club and other organizations. He said he credits his parents, Harry and Edith Klinghoffer, as the inspiration for his charitable donations that support community providers and services. I give … Continue reading →

Emma Harper is a non-verbal 10-year-old from Duncan who has battled against cerebral palsy and a broad spectrum genetic disorder her entire life but now, with the help of a new stem cell treatment she could finally find her voice. One day, Emmas parents Micah and Tara Sears Harper found a video online of a young girl with the same type of cerebral palsy as Emma. Stem cell treatments helped the girl have a better quality of life and Micah has hope the treatments will do the same for Emma. Really what the STEM cell treatment is supposed to do is it finds where it needs to go, Micah said. Because stem cells go to what we are hoping is going to be the areas of her brain that were damaged and start repairing that area, so she can be more verbal were hoping that through this she is going to be able to find her voice. Its an expensive process which totals around $25,000, but the family is hoping the community will aid them in their journey through a ministry they created. The ministry is called Give One, and was started through the Harpers church as a means to … Continue reading →

This week, these senators will face a career-defining choice. It is not an easy one for many of them. Republicans have spent years promising to repeal Obamacare. Now the Senate is nearing a decision on whether to do so. Opposing the bill risks marking any Republican as a traitor to the party. By late Monday, enough Republicans were nonetheless expressing skepticism about the bill to put its success in serious doubt. Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Dean Heller of Nevada have all distanced themselves from the bill. But weve seen a version of this story before. House Republicans also expressed serious doubts only to wilt after party leaders made superficial changes to the bill. The Senate bill remains alive until its dead. In the meantime, I hope that each senator takes some time away from the daily swirl of Capitol Hill to think back to the reasons they entered politics. I hope they understand that this bill is a test of conscience and of courage. A yes vote is still the politically easy vote for any Republican. But it is also a vote that will come back to haunt many senators when they reflect on their … Continue reading →

Khaled Ghamri, 17, in the intensive care unit of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, central Gaza. (Photo: courtesy of Ghamri family) Israeli authorities denied 17-year-old Khaled Ghamri an exit permit to travel from Gaza to Jerusalem, for medical treatment ,after Israeli forces critically injured him during a protest near the Israel-Gaza border on May 23. Israeli forces across the border fence shot Khaled, then 16, near Bureij refugee camp, in central Gaza, with live ammunition on May 23, critically injuring him. The bullet caused an arm fracture, damage to multiple organs, as well as severe bleeding that left him in a coma. On the treating doctors recommendation, the family applied for an urgent permit for Khaled and an escort to travel through the Israeli-controlled Erez crossingto Jerusalem for specialized care, but the permit was denied. We are waiting to transfer him to the hospital in Jerusalem, but we dont know why Israel is refusing to let him in through Erez crossing, said Khaleds father to Defense for Children International Palestine. He has the right to be treated and return home to his family and his school. Dr. Iyad Jabri, the head of Surgery and Urology Department at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir … Continue reading →