Cerebral Palsy

United Cerebral Palsy of San Diego joined a California advocacy group in suing the state for underfunding to the disabled.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite concerns that a mother's infections during pregnancy may raise her baby's risk of cerebral palsy, common colds and stomach flu were not tied to the birth defect in a new study.   Other more serious infections, and fact

Despite concerns that a mother's infections during pregnancy may raise her baby's risk of cerebral palsy, common colds and stomach flu were not tied to the birth defect in a new study

ST. LOUIS — Parents from around the world are bringing children who can't walk because of cerebral palsy to St. Louis. A neurosurgeon there has refined an operation that allows the children to walk. The procedure, known as selective dorsal rhizotomy, wa

The procedure known as selective dorsal rhizotomy was actually developed in the 1980s and involves cutting sensory nerves in the bottom of the spine to permanently relieve muscle spasticity caused by cerebral palsy.