Category Archives: Cerebral Palsy Treatment

A tribunal has cancelled the registration of a chiropractor who provided $44,000 of unproven treatments including hyperbaric oxygen to a patient with cerebral palsy. In a decision delivered on Friday the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal also disqualified Malcolm Hooper from reapplying for registration as a chiropractor for two years and ordered him to pay costs for the Chiropractic Board of Australia. Essendon players also received hyperbaric treatment at Mr Hooper's South Yarra clinic, with the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority uncovering a bill he sent to the club late last year for more than $50,000. In June Mr Hooper was found guilty of three counts of professional misconduct and five counts of unprofessional conduct related to his treatment of a patient with cerebral palsy. Advertisement Mr Hooper provided 269 hours of hyperbaric oxygen to the patient between August 2007 and May 2008 and 79 hours of treatment on a treadmill-like device that supposedly helps the body relearn how to walk. In its decision on Friday the tribunal said Mr Hooper misrepresented the benefits of hyperbaric oxygen and treadmill treatments, believing them a panacea for more than 30 conditions including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and infertility. It said Mr Hooper had … Continue reading →

Complications during an oral surgery injured Grace Rosewood's brain so much so that when she celebrated her second birthday, the young girl could barely walk or even lift her head. "She was diagnosed with hypotonic cerebral palsy, so shes weak all over her body, but its not from the muscles, its from the brain," OIivia Rosewood said. "She had difficulty picking things up. She couldnt hold a pencil, and it was not just the coordination, it was the strength." So when Olivia heard about a cutting edge procedure being pioneered at Duke University using infusions of umbilical cord blood, she signed Grace up. Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg, a researcher at Duke University who was conducting a clinical trial, said the cells in cord blood may have the ability to repair damage in the body. "We are taking cord blood that parents have banked when children were born, thawing them out and washing them, and infusing them directly into the childs blood," she said. "The cells are smarter than we are. And they are attracted to areas of injuries by signals given off by the cells inside the childs body that are near the injury." Grace received three infusions of her own … Continue reading →

Schoolgirl with cerebral palsy raises 2500 with set of challenges A seven-year-old with cerebral palsy is close to finishing a set of challenges which have raised more than 2500 for charity. By: STVNews … Continue reading →

Cerebral Palsy Treatment---Kairali We chanal 21 7 2013,9 30am- Walking Disabled Childre by Birth ( Cerebral Palsy) Sree Chithra Panchakarma Research Centre Specialty Ayurveda Hospital, 1st Avenue, Civil Lane, Ayyanthol... By: Dr.K.G.Babu Sudheendra Nath … Continue reading →

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) July 27, 2013 http://www.resource4thepeople.com/medicalmalpractice/cerebralpalsy-lawsuit.html Resource4thePeople announced today that a newly released medical research study* has found that children who are conceived through assisted conception may be at higher risk of developing cerebral palsy or other birth defects. The findings were reported in the May 5, 2013 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine based on the research of Australian medical experts based on over 300,000 births at two infertility birth clinics. "This research shows yet another link to the development of cerebral palsy in infants," said Resource4thePeople. "Unfortunately for some families such a condition or other birth defects may also occur because of medical malpractice. "We encourage any research into the cause or cure of any birth defect and in the meantime we will continue to provide parents who may be facing the prospect of paying huge amounts of medical costs to treat their children free consultations into what their legal options are to seek compensation in cases in which medical malpractice may have been involved." The Australian study found that birth defects occurred more often when intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) was utilized for conception as opposed to spontaneous conception. The study focused on couples … Continue reading →

ARDSLEY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (ACOR) today announced that it will host a conference call and live webcast to report its second quarter 2013 financial results on Thursday, August 1 at 8:30 a.m. ET. To participate in the conference call, please dial 866-953-6860 (domestic) or 617-399-3484 (international) and reference the access code 76844097. The presentation will be available via a live webcast on the Investors section of http://www.acorda.com. Please log in approximately 5 minutes before the scheduled time of the presentation to ensure a timely connection. A replay of the call will be available from 10:30 a.m. ET on August 1, 2013 until midnight on August 29, 2013. To access the replay, please dial 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international) and reference the access code 84613445. An archived version of the webcast will be available for 30 days in the Investor Relations section of the Acorda website at http://www.acorda.com. About Acorda Therapeutics Acorda Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing therapies that restore function and improve the lives of people with MS, spinal cord injury and other neurological conditions. Acorda markets AMPYRA (dalfampridine) Extended Release Tablets, 10 mg, in the United States as a treatment to improve walking in … Continue reading →

Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) July 22, 2013 In an article published July 9th to the Times of India, it was made public that world cup pistol shooter Prakash Nanjappa became stricken with Bells palsy, a form of facial paralysis, during competition in Granada, Spain just days ago. According to world-renowned Bells palsy expert Babak Azizzadeh, MD, FACS, and Director of the Facial Paralysis Institute in Los Angeles, the condition should resolve on its own in a matter of months. Bells palsy is a unique form of facial paralysis in that it can seemingly appear out of thin air and is caused by a virus. As quickly as it comes, it can disappear, though it is best to undergo an initial bout of steroids and antivirals to help speed recovery, said Dr. Azizzadeh, facial paralysis specialist. In most cases, Bells palsy goes away in a matter of months. After initial reports that Nanjappa was suffering from cerebral palsy, it became apparent that Bells palsy was to blame after being examined by a specialist who noted a slight droop on the right side of his face along with the inability to fully close his right eye. Bell's palsy is a diagnosis of … Continue reading →

Health News of Tuesday, 23 July 2013 Source: graphic.com.gh Team CSR Ghana, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that supports organisations to discharge their corporate social responsibility, has partnered the Salvation Army Ghana at Agona Duakwa in the Central Region to launch an SMS short code to raise funds to build a treatment and rehabilitation centre for children and young adults with cerebral palsy. The project has already raised more than GHc50,000 with the support of corporate partners such as Vodafone and some celebrities. Mr Ato Hayford, the coordinator for rehabilitation services for the Salvation Army Ghana, said his organisation had realised the need to support children with cerebral palsy in the country. He stated that the Salvation Army could not do it all alone and, therefore, called on other benevolent organisations and the community to help the children who were often deserted and abandoned. He said mobile phone users could text CPAID to short code 1947 across all networks to donate GHc1 to support this worthy cause and also win prizes. Mr Jonathan Akuamoah, CEO and Founder of TEAM CSR Ghana, said Ghanaians had the ability to make a difference in the lives of the needy. The proposed facility, located at … Continue reading →

The date has been set for an Angus girl to go through what could be a life-changing operation. Niamh Horton, 8, who suffers from cerebral palsy, is set to have SDR treatment on July 12 at Londons Great Ormond Street Hospital. The Strathmore Primary pupil will become one of only a handful of children in the UK to have been selected to undergo the surgery, which could radically improve her mobility. Dad Graham said: Now that we have a date for the operation, we are really excited and a little bit nervous. The good thing is Niamh is taking it in her stride. We have a half-day assessment at the end of June at GOSH. Then we are back down on July 11 with the operation the next day. We would like to thank all our fundraisers, sponsors and everyone else who has helped us to get to this point. Niamh will be the first to have the SDR operation done in the hospital. Her family, friends and school pals, as well as a few kind strangers, have been fundraising across Tayside for months now to help boost the reserves, which will be needed to provide Niamh with vital after-care … Continue reading →

Seeing Cerebral Palsy Patients As Athletes - John W. Quinn, a retired Senior Chief Petty Officer and author of Someone Like Me, An Unlikely Story of Challenge and Triumph Over Cerebral Palsy, thinks its... By: John Quinn … Continue reading →