Brain damage

...not closely monitored at Singleton Hospital A seven-year-old girl who suffered severe brain damage due to a medical error during her birth has won a multi-million-pound compensation payout. Rhiannon Pridmore, of Swansea, was diagnosed...

In this article: Swansea, Cerebral palsy, and London

...full-term births, are affected. Asphyxia can be difficult to detect before a baby is born and can cause serious brain damage, severe cerebral palsy and even death in around half of the most affected cases But by reducing their body...

In this article: Oxygen, Imperial College London, Cerebral palsy, and UK

...all the time, 24 hours a day. It was like having a newborn baby for eight years. "A student doctor told us Max had brain damage and cerebral palsy. It was a shock to hear it all unfold. Every time we went to the hospital, something else...

In this article: Cardiff, Wales, and Oxygen

A bili light is a phototherapy tool to treat newborn jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia) which in higher levels causes brain damage Kernicterus leading to cerebral palsy, auditory neuropathy, gaze abnormalities and dental enamel hypoplasia. The...

In this article: Cerebral palsy, Auditory neuropathy, Jaundice, and Hypoplasia

...from oxygen deprivation' Hannah Devlin A therapy for newborn babies based on lowering the body temperature could significantly reduce the risk of brain damage after oxygen starvation at birth. Complications such as the umbilical cord...

In this article: Oxygen, University of Bristol, Hubble telescope, Imperial College London, and Cerebral palsy

The Liebig family of Rockwood, just outside Guelph, has brought a motion before the courts on behalf of their 8-year-old son, Kevin, born with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, or brain damage caused by oxygen deprivation. He has...

In this article: Defendant, Cerebral palsy, and Allegation

The reason behind their cold extremities may be that the brain damage affects the part of the nervous system that is not controlled by the will and which, among other things, regulates blood circulation, digestion and sleep. "This...

In this article: Acupuncture, Cerebral palsy, University of Gothenburg, Washington, and Sweden

...enzyme in the brains of newborns suffering from oxygen and blood flow deprivation stops a type of brain damage that is a leading cause of cerebral palsy, mental retardation and death, according to researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital...

In this article: Pai-1, Oxygen, Cerebral palsy, National Institutes of Health, Cincinnati, United States, and E mail

Experimental Treatment Halts Hypoxic-ischemic Brain Injury In Newborns, Study Suggests ScienceDaily (Aug. 1, 2009) Inhibiting an enzyme in the brains of newborns suffering from oxygen and blood flow deprivation stops a type of brain damage...

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