Hopeful for the slightest chance to cure their children, some parents in the United States are starting to go abroad to seek out experimental stem cell treatment for cerebral palsy.
A recent article by McClatchy Newspapers highlighted the efforts of two California families who are hoping that stem cell treatments using cells from umbilical cord blood [...]
Recent research indicates that the administration of magnesium sulfate in women who are at risk of delivering premature, before 32 weeks gestation, reduces the risk of cerebral palsy by about 50%.
A 10-year study conducted at 18 centers in the United States was published in the August 28, 2008 issue of the New England Journal of [...]
New research suggests that two compounds developed at Northwestern University could possibly be used in the future to treat infants at risk for compromised oxygen levels before a c-section to prevent cerebral palsy.
About 750,000 adults and children in the United States have some form of cerebral palsy, which is caused by brain damage suffered before, [...]
