http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Lexi Haas is awakening into a world of new possibilities. Miracle by tiny miracle, she is making her body do what she wants -- instead of her body always controlling her. She looked up at her mother a few weeks ago, pursed her lips and, for the first time in her life, Lexi blew a kiss. http://www.physorg.com/news178461795.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:43:51 EST news178461795 Many wheelchair-using children with neurological disorders have much colder hands and feet than other children, and most receive no special help even though they have had these problems for a long time, is revealed in at thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://www.physorg.com/news175177435.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:25:03 EST news175177435 A new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology, developed in full collaboration with the Child Neurology Society, finds that children with microcephaly that is, children whose head size is smaller than that of 97 percent of children are at risk of neurologic and cognitive problems and should be screened for these problems. The guideline is published in the September 15, 2009, issue of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news172164075.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:50:01 EST news172164075 A statewide team of researchers led by a Michigan State University epidemiologist are hoping Michigan's archive of newborn blood spots will help them uncover the causes of cerebral palsy, the most common disabling motor disorder in children with annual health costs of $12 billion. http://www.physorg.com/news171044315.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:30:01 EST news171044315 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new research laboratory at the UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders is for the first time investigating speech movements in children with cerebral palsy, and the researchers have created an out-of-this-world experience to reflect the lab`s name. http://www.physorg.com/news170953066.html Medicine & Health Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:10:02 EST news170953066 (PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past few years, MIT engineers have successfully tested robotic devices to help stroke patients learn to control their arms and legs. Now, they`re building on that work to help children with cerebral palsy. http://www.physorg.com/news162041352.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 May 2009 12:29:35 EST news162041352 California saw a 12-fold increase during the past two decades in the number of autistic people who are receiving services through regional centers, a new state study reveals. http://www.physorg.com/news160906373.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 09:13:22 EST news160906373 Driven mostly by hope, two California families will travel more than 6,000 miles to China for an experimental stem-cell treatment for their children. http://www.physorg.com/news160222416.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:14:15 EST news160222416 (PhysOrg.com) -- Two compounds developed by Northwestern University chemists have been shown to be effective in pre-clinical trials in protecting against cerebral palsy, a condition caused by neurodegeneration that affects body movement and muscle coordination. http://www.physorg.com/news154784556.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:43:16 EST news154784556 Magnesium sulphate protects very premature babies from cerebral palsy, a new study shows. The findings of this Cochrane Review could help reduce incidence of the disabling condition, which currently affects around one in every 500 newborn babies overall, but up to one-in-ten very premature babies (< 28 weeks of gestation). http://www.physorg.com/news151755538.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:19:29 EST news151755538 Intravenous magnesium sulfate supplementation before preterm delivery cuts the risk for handicapping cerebral palsy in half, according to research led by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) obstetrician Dwight Rouse, M.D., and published in the Aug. 28 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news139142426.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:40:26 EST news139142426 Researchers from the University of Adelaide, Australia, have launched the largest study of its kind in the world in a bid to better understand the possible genetic causes of cerebral palsy. http://www.physorg.com/news134232640.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:50:40 EST news134232640