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Cerebral Palsy Association on Twitter

Posted on October 01, 2008
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) is jumping on the social media bandwagon with a Twitter account, a blog and profiles on several popular social networking sites. UCP is a leading cerebral palsy association, dedicated to disability advocacy and support. Twitter launched microblogging (short and frequent posts of 140 words or less) to the forefront of social media with its launch in 2006...

Philanthropist Finds a Cause in Cerebral Palsy

Posted on September 28, 2008
Noted economist and philanthropist Paul Volcker is trying to raise awareness of cerebral palsy, a condition that he says has never gained great popularity with the charitable community.  Volcker’s son has mild cerebral palsy, and he’s long been involved with the cause...

Brachial Plexus Injury Awareness Week

Posted on September 26, 2008
The United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc. (UBPN) and its Awareness Committee have announced that the 9th annual Brachial Plexus Injury Awareness Week will be celebrated from October 19th through October 26th, 2008.  The goal of the week long activity is to increase general awareness regarding brachial plexus injuries: traumatic injuries that can result in full to partial paralysis of one or both arms...

Hospital Accepts Liability for Girl's Cerebral Palsy

Posted on September 26, 2008
A hospital in Worcestershire, England, has admitted that medical mistakes led to the development of quadriplegic cerebral palsy in Holly Nixon. A medical negligence specialist and cerebral palsy lawyer for the family said Holly will likely require 24-hour care for the rest of her life...

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$5.5 Million Settlement Reached in Birth Injury Case

Posted on September 25, 2008
A $5.5 million settlement has been reached in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a woman whose son suffered severe brain damage after prolonged oxygen deprivation at birth. The damage has left the boy, now 6, unable to perform basic functions like walking, sitting on his own, feeding and talking...

Yoga Helps Children with Cerebral Palsy

Posted on September 24, 2008
Yoga has become extremely popular in recent years, in part because of the large number of celebrities who promote the practice. Though yoga is primarily practiced by adults, children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities may also benefit from practicing yoga...

Cerebral Palsy Risk Increased by Antibiotics?

Posted on September 20, 2008
Two studies published in the September 18th issue of The Lancet show a link between antibiotic use to stop preterm labor and an increased cerebral palsy risk. Antibiotics are sometimes given to pregnant women to prevent preterm delivery, even if they show no sign of infection or membrane rupture...

Botox: A Dangerous Cerebral Palsy Treatment?

Posted on September 19, 2008
In recent years, Botox has gained increasing popularity as an effective cerebral palsy treatment. Though the Food and Drug Administration has not approved Botox for treating cerebral palsy, physicians have found in useful in controlling limb spasticity...

Drug Shows Promise for Treating Cerebral Palsy Symptom

Posted on September 18, 2008
Drooling is a common symptom of cerebral palsy, affecting as many as one third of those diagnosed with the condition. Though a seemingly benign symptom that tends to improve with age, drooling can cause skin irritation as well as social and self-esteem issues in young cerebral palsy patients...

Check Out These Cerebral Palsy Resources

Posted on September 17, 2008
For individuals and families dealing with cerebral palsy, finding adequate resources for support (financial, emotional and physical) can be a challenge. However, there are numerous cerebral palsy resources out there – local and national, governmental and non-profit...

Does Common Compound Reduce Cerebral Palsy Risk?

Posted on September 16, 2008
Magnesium sulfate, more popularly known as Epsom salt, has been identified by researchers as a possible treatment for women at risk for preterm delivery (before 32 weeks gestation)—a known risk factor for cerebral palsy.   A study published in August in the New England Journal of Medicine compared the rate of cerebral palsy in babies whose mothers were given either magnesium sulfate or placebo...

Medical Errors: Children Are the Most Vulnerable

Posted on September 15, 2008
A recent New York Times article sheds light on the dangers of medical errors, particularly in infants and children since they are more vulnerable due to their small size. They are also still developing, and the effects of a medical error during this crucial time can have permanent or potentially life threatening consequences...

Cerebral Palsy Information and Symptoms: News from other Blogs

Posted on September 11, 2008
This week a few other Blog posts that you might find interesting form elsewhere. Video Game Therapy for Cerebral Palsy - An engineering student at the University of Toronto has designed a computer game for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy...

Does 4 Million Equal 45 Million?

Posted on August 27, 2008
It would seem  to be true in the case of a young California boy whose troubled birth has left him with severe brain damage and cerebral palsy.  A Sierra View District Hospital  has agreed to a 4 million dollar settlement.  The obstetrician and nurse anesthetist have also agreed to a settlement but the terms of the settlement remain confidential...

Cerebral Palsy Lawyers: Fetal Distress

Posted on August 13, 2008
I was recently reviewing the types of cases that our cerebral palsy lawyers have investigated a large number of them are fetal distress cases. Fetal Distress is when the heart rate of the baby lowers significantly during the labor and delivery process...

New Structured Settlement Law in Louisiana

Posted on August 02, 2008
Louisiana legislation signed into law on July 15th provides clearer guidance for judges dealing with settlements for minors.House Bill 133 amended the state's Civil Code of Procedures to state that "in approving any proposal by which money will be paid to the minor as the result of a judgment or settlement, the court may order that the money be paid under a structured settlement agreement which provides for periodic payments and is underwritten by a financially responsible entity that assumes responsibility for future payments...

Girl Claims 300,000 Pounds in Damages

Posted on July 14, 2008
A four-year old Gloucester, England girl - disabled from injuries at birth - is at the center of a 300,000 pound High Court claim for hospital negligence.  300,000 pounds translates to about $590,000 in U.S. dollars in today's money market(7/14/08)...

Wrong Medicine In This Case

Posted on June 23, 2008
The family of a Pennsylvania woman, Sandra Koch,  has been awarded  1.6 million dollars by a Superior Court jury because she was given the wrong heart medicine.According to the lawsuit, she had been admitted to Christiana Hospital on July 23, 2003 to be treated for atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart beat...

Two Million Dollar Malpractice Verdict

Posted on June 12, 2008
In Rhode Island, a Warwick man has received a $2 million verdict from a Superior Court jury.Richard Barrett brought suit against Rhode Island Hospital and Dr. William Feng claiming that he did not receive proper care during his open heart surgery in 1998...

C-Sections All The Rage

Posted on June 02, 2008
Ten years ago about 1 in 5 pregnant women had a C-section; in 2006 that number was nearly 1 in 3.  C-section supporters point to eliminating rare but frightening complications of vaginal delivery.  Others point to the increased recuperation time, risks of uterine rupture and other problems during subsequent surgeries...

Landlord Not Fair Under Fair Housing Act

Posted on May 29, 2008
In Connecticut the Justice Department has awarded $115,000  to a tenant because the landlord refused to allow the tenant to have an assistance dog in the home.It  was claimed in the lawsuit that the tenant's daughter needed the dog to help with her cerebral palsy, depression and seizure disorder...

Largest Settlement in Dekalb County

Posted on May 28, 2008
As reported in the Chicago Tribune an Aurora woman has settled her malpractice suit for fifteen million dollars.  Vanessa Jenkins had brought suit against the doctor, hospital and staff alleging that her son Cody suffered brain damage because, during her labor, the doctor used a vacuum device improperly thus causing brain damage...

22 Million in Birth Malpractice

Posted on May 26, 2008
Heather Grow's daughter, Cassie, was delivered by caesarian section but only after she had been stuck in the birth canal for over thirteen hours.  In 1997 Heather was told that she had a narrow pelvic arch and that became an issue about two weeks before delivery when her doctors realized that the baby was about nine pounds...

Doctor Sues Doctors

Posted on May 19, 2008
Dr. Jan Cunningham and his wife have filed suit against Thomas Memorial Hospital and two doctors who treated him between April 8th and May 9th.  Cunningham had been admitted for abdominal surgery.According to the lawsuit the hospital and doctors failed to provide adequate, safe medical care including proper assessment, monitoring and treatment...

Air Force Settles - $5,000,000

Posted on May 14, 2008
In 2004 William Duckworth was working as a civilian employee at Kadena Air Base in Japan.  His daughter Aubrey was born at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa in September of 2004.Because her mother's uterus ruptured during birth Aubrey was not  receiving oxygen and, as a result, is severely disabled...

$2.5 Million Illinois Erb's Palsy Verdict

Posted on May 13, 2008
In Illinois a two million plus dollar award was given to a four year old by a Lake County jury.   His permanent disability was caused when the doctor pulled too hard on the baby's neck during delivery.  As a result the boy suffered severe nerve damage...

SOL for Minors Upheld

Posted on May 09, 2008
The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld a five-year statute of limitations on medical malpractice lawsuits involving minors. Kelly Christiansen had filed suit against the Providence Health System because it was alleged that their doctor did not recognize fetal distress and perform an emergency c-section...

No Cap -- No More

Posted on May 07, 2008
A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, has struck down the cap on monetary awards in a medical malpractice case.Superior Court Judge Marvin Arrington wrote that the cap was unconstitutional because it allowed protection to the medical profession that was not allowed to other defendants such as manufacturers of defective products...

Elective Caesarean versus VBAC

Posted on April 05, 2008
Now here is an interesting article that weighs the risk assumed by mothers as compared to letting them have a vaginal birth after C-Section (VBAC). Great little synopsis from the blog where I found it.  The True Face of Birth I recently came across an article titled Cost-Effectiveness of Elective Cesarean Delivery After One Prior Low Transverse Cesarean...

Doctors and Addiction: Many professionals have this problem

Posted on April 03, 2008
From an awareness point of view I would want to know this before I got treatment. SACRAMENTO, California (CNN) -- A woman who says she had to forgo cancer treatment because of botched surgery by a California doctor says she was never made aware the doctor was being treated for alcoholism and had been convicted for driving under the influence of alcohol...

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