Cerebral Palsy has been linked to a condition called cryptorchidism in males - when one or both of the testicles are not present in the scrotum. A new study in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology ...
This Practice Point commentary discusses a recent paper by Hoving et al., who compared the cost-effectiveness of continuous intrathecal baclofen infusion (CIBI) with that of 'standard care' in ...
The study used 2016-2020 information from the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS), an administrative database that includes more than 49 children's hospitals. The authors stratified study ...
Spastic hemiplegia is a type of spastic cerebral palsy, where the part of the brain controlling movement is damaged. The condition can affect children before birth, during labor, or in the first few ...
The FDA has approved the expanded use of Botox® (onabotulinumtoxinA; Allergan) for the treatment of spasticity in pediatric patients aged ≥2 years, including those with lower limb spasticity caused by ...
The Food and Drug Administration has approved expanded use of Dysport to treat upper- and lower-limb spasticity – including that caused by cerebral palsy – for patients as young as 2 years and older, ...
A Soda Springs family is reaching out for help as their two-year-old, Clair Davids, faces medical challenges and seeks ...
A competitive swimming program developed by University of Queensland researchers for young people with severe cerebral palsy has reversed motor decline associated with the condition. A few hours after ...
What began as a routine prenatal appointment turned into a life-changing emergency for a Soda Springs family — and now, two ...