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A jury recently ruled in favor of a young mother and her baby with cerebral palsy, awarding the highest verdict yet in the U.S. for medical malpractice. The woman, Erica Byrom, gave birth at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore in 2014. Her doctors made a mistake, resulting in the baby suffering brain damage […]
An important new study with recent published results aims to improve health services and care to children with cerebral palsy as they transition to adulthood. The study looked at health data for hundreds of children born since 1967 and diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Researchers found that some things, such as motor function, have improved in […]
A new study published in Disability and Rehabilitation reports that a multimodal approach to interventions is beneficial to the babies with the greatest risk of developing cerebral palsy. Risk factors for cerebral palsy are wide-ranging, including premature delivery, low-birth weight, maternal infections, and others. Early interventions are important to either preventing cerebral palsy or minimizing […]
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