Birth Injury Lawyer

In New Zealand three midwives have been asked to apologize for their actions during the delivery of an infant. The first midwife was said to be deficient in her assessment of the woman and in her treatment of the infant. When delivered, the infant was “dark grey, floppy and gasping for air.”
One of the other […]

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DJ Gregory, a 30 year old golf fanatic with cerebral palsy, has decided to walk every round of this year’s PGA tour. Gregory walks with a different golf pro for each event. This helps to raise cerebral palsy awareness, but is also a personal challenge for Gregory.
Walking 5 to 6 miles each day for 4 […]

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The St Louis University School of Public Health has just been granted $26.3 million to conduct their studies toward developmental health. This will allow the school to study part of the 100,000 nationwide children from birth to age 21.
Part of the study will include observing pregnant women to try to identify factors that will influence […]

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An Australian survey of mothers found that one of the most common reasons that cesarean births are chosen over vaginal births is for the baby’s safety. However, this is a counter intuitive decision.
Vaginal birth is safer than it has been in any other era, but is viewed as more dangerous. For one reason or another, […]

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UK researchers have discovered that antibiotics given to prevent premature birth can increase the risk of cerebral palsy. Through this research, they found that 4.6% of children developed cerebral palsy by age 7 if their mothers were given antibiotics. This is a far higher number than the 1.6% of children of mothers who did not […]

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