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Study Finds Mild Infections Do Not Increase Cerebral Palsy Risk
The medical community is continuously searching for factors that increase the risk of a child developing cerebral palsy. There are concerns that infections in a mother may raise the risk of cerebral palsy, but a new study has found that common colds and stomach flu are not tied to the birth defect. One of the study’s authors said that other more serious infections and factors like a woman’s history of miscarriage or a family history of cerebral palsy were associated with increased risk to babies, but even then, the risk was low. Pre-term birth, growth restrictions inside the uterus and being a twin or part of a larger set of multiples also increased the risk, as well as severe maternal infections. With 10,000 babies in the United States being born a year developing cerebral palsy, the continuing search for causes is likely to continue. The most significant infections linked to…
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Ability Day Lets Those With Disabilities Play
The life of a person with birth defects like cerebral palsy can be incredibly challenging. So many options are closed to them that most people take for granted. One community in Kansas City is trying to give those with disabilities new ideas for what they might physically be capable of through an event they call Ability Day. Grandview’s Parks and Recreation Department hosts Ability Day, an annual event for individuals of all ages with disabilities and their families. They provide a variety of free activities, such as swimming, bike riding, basketball and other sports, all in an environment designed to accommodate those that would not normally be able to play them. Different styles of bicycles are available with different adaptations, depending on the need. There is even a rock-climbing wall. Danielle Coulter, 19, is attending Ability Day for the second time. A sufferer of cerebral palsy, Coulter says, “Ability Day…
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New Stimulation Technique Reduces Symptoms of Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy involves disturbances of the brain and nervous system functions that can often cause disturbances with motor functions, including spastic movements. In Sydney, Australia, doctors are performing a clinical trial with deep brain stimulation to treat these spastic movements. Though deep brain stimulation is not a cure for this aspect of cerebral palsy, the technique can make daily tasks much easier for people with cerebral palsy. For example, doctors diagnosed Martha Siede with cerebral palsy as a baby, and she has been unable to eat or dress without help from someone else, according to Nambucca Guardian. Now, at age 36, Siede states that she notices a big difference with her involuntary movements, in that they are not as often as before she began treatment with deep brain stimulation. The procedure includes doctors placing a pacemaker in the patient’s chest, with two wires that emit electric pulses to a specific…
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