A local telethon will be held this weekend in Terrebonne, Louisiana for children with cerebral palsy in Louisiana. Funds raised will help provide children with cerebral palsy assistive devices, such as braces, wheel chairs and other medical equipment.
The Louisiana cerebral palsy telethon will be held at the Houma-Terrbonne Civic Center, in Houma, Louisiana, on [...]
There has been promising new research into the use of electrical brain implants to restore some movement for people affected by cerebral palsy.
French researchers have placed electrical devices known as deep brain stimulators into 13 people who have cerebral palsy with dystonia-choreoathetosis. The stimulators, made by Medtronic, Inc., are already approved to treat Parkinson’s disease, [...]
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 [...]
A new software program could help children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities communicate more quickly and naturally with family and teachers.
The How Was School Today? computer system is equipped with a battery of sensors and recording devices that keep track of a child’s activity throughout the day, and then helps the child turn the [...]
Engineers at MIT have made great breakthroughs in the use of robotic therapy to treat cerebral palsy and other brain injuries, helping children to better control of their arms and legs.
According to a press release earlier this month, MIT researchers say that the use of cerebral palsy robotic therapy has the potential to help children [...]
