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Paralyzed Boy Receives $23 Million Award For Birth Injury
According to Scotsman News, a massive pay out has been awarded to the family of a boy who was left paralyzed after his spine was damaged at birth. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has agreed to settle a birth trauma lawsuit for $23 million, but the total amount of damages has not been revealed. The boy needs 24-hour case for the rest of his life, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars each year. The judge in the case found that the boy has been left paralyzed from the head down after suffering catastrophic neurological trauma at birth. During delivery assisted by forceps, there was a compression-torsion injury to the child’s spinal cord at the highest level. While the infant suffered no brain injury, the child is paralyzed from the head down and cannot breathe spontaneously, requiring ventilatory support with 24-hour case. The judge decided that part of the settlement should…
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Premature Birth May Be Linked to Family History
According to MSNBC, premature birth may run in families. Tammy George was a small baby even before her mother went into labor 11 weeks early. The doctors worried she was not receiving enough nutrition in the womb. In the delivery room, Tammy weighed less than a loaf of bread. In the 1970s, a premature baby that small, 1 pound, 8 ounces, had very slim chances of survival. According to new studies, genetic links suggest that there may be a link between premature births and family history. Tammy spent two months in the hospital before being released. As an adult, she found herself giving birth via c-section to her premature baby, Hannah, after her water broke 28 weeks into pregnancy. Tammy was told her baby would have 80 percent chance of survival and possible developmental problems. A study of 14,000 UK women found that being born prematurely increased a woman’s chance…
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Progesterone Gel May Prevent Preterm Birth
According to MSNBC, a simple treatment help prevent preterm births by nearly half. A late-stage study of the vaginal gel made by Columbia Laboratories Inc and Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc found hope in preventing premature birth in women with a short cervix. Treating pregnant women participants with the hormone progesterone cut their rate of premature delivery by 45 percent, the researchers said. The study published in the journal Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology will be used to support the companies’ application for marketing approval of the hormone gel. The gel is known by the brand Prochieve. In the study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health and 44 medical centers around the world looked at effects of giving progesterone to women with a short cervix. Researchers suspect that women with a short cervix do not have enough of the hormone, and giving it during pregnancies helps prolong the gestational period. The…
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