Posted on: . Category: Infant Brain Damage
Infant brain damage can happen at birth but it can also happen due to abuse. Sometimes a parent cannot handle the stresses of new parenthood and snap. We have an example of such a case in the UK today. Devon Live reports. A father has been told he will go to jail after slamming his …
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High blood pressure during pregnancy and labor may seem like no big deal, but it is extremely dangerous. It is one of the leading killers of women in childbirth in developing countries. A new study in the EPMA Journal has found a low-cost method that predicts ecclampsia 80% of the time and could point to …
Posted on: . Category: Cerebral Palsy
Most children with cerebral palsy have spasticity. This is a continuous contraction of a muscle. Treatments for it are complex and can involve dangerous drugs. But there’s one treatment under consideration that has no side effects, but more research is needed. Cerebral Palsy News Today has the story. The treatment is called extracorporeal shock wave …
Posted on: . Category: Umbilical Cord Strangulation
A woman in Albuquerque is suing the Metropolitan Detention Center after her baby was killed in 2016. KOB4 has the story. The lawsuit claims the facility didn’t have enough training and staff, and that the mother was neglected during her labor for more than 24 hours, possibly due to her past history as a meth …
Posted on: . Category: Cerebral Palsy
A girl living in a suburb of San Diego is suing the city because of inadequate curbs and sidewalks. She lives with cerebral palsy and several other serious disabilities. The San Diego Union-Tribune talked about the case. The federal lawsuit claims that the condition of the sidewalks makes it impossible for her to visit parks …
Posted on: . Category: Birth Injury
Thanks to palsy or another birth injury, some babies are born with a form of paralysis. Research into how to get people with paralysis to move again is the aim of the Walk Again Project. They continue to meet with success, as Eureka Alert reports. Earlier this year, the Walk Again Project published a report …
Posted on: . Category: Umbilical Cord Strangulation
How do doctors train for unusual situations during birth? Partly through study, of course, but sometimes it has to be learned on the fly. Medicine is tricky and it’s hard to simulate conditions. But a new device is helping obstetricians at one hospital prepare for tricky birth situations. The Times-Leader has the story. At the …
Posted on: . Category: Infant Brain Damage
Pregnant women need to take large amounts of folic acid so that their babies can grow healthy nerves and brains. Spina Bifida, a congenital birth defect, can happen when there is too little folic acid. Taking regular doses is how most pregnant women get enough. But one vitamin manufacturer in the UK had to recall …
Posted on: . Category: Chorioamnionitis
When someone files a birth injury lawsuit, you can be sure that the defense will want to know everything about the mother’s pre-existing health before to the incident. There are cases where certain behaviors or diseases raise the risk of a complication that causes injury. Here is one such example from Neurology Advisor. A new …
Posted on: . Category: Infant Brain Damage
You might have a feeling that something is wrong with your child, but it can be frustrating to get doctors to take you seriously. What are the signs that they look for that mean something is serious so you can look out for them? Healio describes six symptoms that could be danger signs of infant …
Posted on: . Category: Wrongful Birth
An unusual wrongful birth claim in Georgia has been denied by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Reuters has the story. Xytex Corp is an Atlanta-based sperm bank. The Zelts used their services to conceive a baby but got an unpleasant surprise when they discovered who the donor was. Xytex said that their donor was …
Posted on: . Category: Chorioamnionitis
When a mother gives birth there is a high risk for infections. Doctors do what they can to reduce the chances of this, but it’s not impossible to avoid. But certain bacterial infections are rare. One mother got a C-section and then an unpleasant surprise. Fox News reports. A New York woman gave birth via …
Posted on: . Category: Brachial Plexus Palsy
Winning a medical malpractice case is difficult without the help of expert witnesses. Doctors undergo years of training and most have years of practice under their belt. For a court to believe that a doctor made an error, they often need the testimony of another doctor to bolster the plaintiff’s case. However, like with any …
Posted on: . Category: Wrongful Birth
“Wrongful birth” is a rare legal claim that a doctor didn’t provide parents important information on whether to proceed with a pregnancy. A case in the UK demonstrates this claim. BBC reports. A mother asked for a Down’s syndrome screening for her child during a pre-natal visit. When asked later about the screening during the …
Posted on: . Category: Cerebral Palsy
ABC News Channel 9 in Chattanooga has a story about a man with cerebral palsy who wants to disprove the naysayers. Lyndon Stamper is pushing his limits to show others with disabilities that their conditions don’t have to hold them back. Like many children born with a disability, he was told that he was wouldn’t …
Posted on: . Category: Epidural Birth Injury
Giving birth is one of the riskiest times for a mother’s health. We depend on doctors and other medical professionals to take care of us during this time. But childbirth mortality is rising in the nation. People has a story that shows some of the blame is due to doctors. According to the story, Dr. …
Posted on: . Category: Shoulder Dystocia
A new study performed in Quebec found a strong link between antidepressant usage and gestational diabetes, one of the risk factors for shoulder dystocia in babies. Sky Statement has the story. The researchers looked at every birth in Quebec between 1998 and 2015. The study found that mothers who took antidepressants during pregnancy had a …
Posted on: . Category: Chorioamnionitis
A Swedish study reported by MedPage Today shows that even minor infections in a pregnant woman can have quite negative effects on a child’s mental health. The study was published in JAMA Psychiatry. Infections like chorioamnionitis can directly harm a child’s brain, whether directly or through the mother’s inflammation response. The researchers wanted to know …
Posted on: . Category: Cerebral Palsy
Sometimes companies can come up with policies that, while they look good on the surface, may cause their customers hassle beyond what is legally right. We have a story from Birmingham Life about a boy with possible cerebral palsy who was forced to show he could walk before getting on a ride at Legoland in …
Posted on: . Category: Baby Bones
A baby’s body is quite fragile during the first part of its life. The bones are still fairly soft and will take time to harden. It’s only after this time will a baby be able to crawl and then walk without fear of permanent damage. A horrific story from NBC News shows what can happen …
Posted on: . Category: Infant Brain Damage
Armed Services personnel have to go through a lot of hoops to sue the government when something goes wrong. But for one family who was stationed in Guam, everything went right. The Virginia-Pilot has the story Five years ago, a sailor gave birth to a baby boy who had severe and permanent brain damage. Now …
Posted on: . Category: Cerebral Palsy
A story by the CBC tells the tale of a Canadian woman who hasn’t let cerebral palsy slow down her career as a structural engineer. Julia Halipchuk started her career search looking for a job in the field that was an office position. The reason was her cerebral palsy, which makes her walk with a …
Posted on: . Category: Epidural Birth Injury
The decision to get an epidural or not is a complicated one. They are meant to block much of the pain of labor by numbing the nerves of the spine. Some women desire to have as natural a birth as possible. Others worry about the complications of anesthesia or wonder if the block will cause …
Posted on: . Category: Vacuum Extraction Injury
Most people are familiar with vaginal and Cesarean births, but sometimes things to wrong during labor. There are two main tools at hand, forceps and vacuum extraction. A report in ContemporaryObgyn.net talks about the risks and the lack of training in the medical community with vacuum extraction. Vacuum extraction procedures have been undergoing a steady …
Posted on: . Category: Shoulder Dystocia
Sometimes the full reality of a birth injury doesn’t appear until later in life. What may seem minor and recoverable at first might not turn out that way. In some cases, families can still seek compensation well after birth once the full problem becomes apparent. One case in Ireland proves this. The Irish Times reports …
