Tuesday 6 April 2010

Internet News no. 10

There does not seem to have been much on the news front this month but here is a selection which may be of interest.



Conductive Education

http://janetharrold.blogspot.com/2010/03/conductive-education.html
Parent fundraising via blog to send daughter for CE in Florida

http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/abbynews/news/87007362.html
brief mention of CE in piece about parents' efforts to find help for their son.

http://conductiva.eventbrite.com/
Announcement of free public lecture by Krisztina ? in California on 4 April

http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/articleid/349614/newspaperid/2012/Fourth_annual_Kaiyas_Cup_approaches.aspx
Fundraising for CE for Kaiya in Franklin Lakes, NJ.

http://www.selkirkjournal.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2514504
Mention of Movement Centre, Manitoba in this article about methods tried by parents of boy with cerebral palsy

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/MP-takes-part-in-10km.6192566.jp
MP takes part in 10km run to help Rainbow Centre, Fareham, Hants.

Cerebral palsy

http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/new-treatment-for-cerebral-palsy-144871.php
Study to investigate stem cells as way of treating cerebral palsy.

http://www.jackbristol.com/newscentre/bristols-news/bristol-mum-launches-books-to-help-parents-of-disabled-children-4087
Mumpublishes series of books to help understanding of cerebral palsy by children.

http://southdownsliving.blogspot.com/2010/04/skydive-for-dame-vera-lynn-trust.html
Another sky dive to raise funds for Dame Vera Lynn Trust.

Multiple sclerosis

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1263512/I-stung-1-500-bees-I-feel-great-MS-sufferers-pioneering-therapy.html
Bee stings credited with helping a ms patient regain her quality of life.

http://www.newswise.com/articles/clinical-benefit-of-multiple-sclerosis-drug-discovered-at-rush-university-medical-center
Clinical benefit of new MS drug has now been approved in US.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/183841.php
There may be two types of MS.

Parkinson's disease

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/06/2865086.htm?section=justin
Medical scientists are baffled by a phenomenon in which sufferers of Parkinson's disease who cannot walk are able to ride bikes and ice skate.

http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/Article/994464/Charity-rebranding-change-vision-strategy/
A change of name for Parkinson's Disease Society.

http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/an-accidental-education-exclusive-excerpt-from-michael-j-foxs-new-book/article177211.html
Excerpt from Michael J. Fox's new book

http://www.dotmed.com/news/story/12149/
Under 45s not always diagnosed correctly with Parkinson's.

Stroke

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/apr/03/love-and-hope-motivate-parents-efforts-erase-effec/
Report of baby who had severe stroke which went un-noticed by docotors.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jo-Evl3cbTIP4qjFN0rkhLXghb1wD9ED1UDO3
People with variable blood pressure at greater risk of stroke.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5i_JrsZwA7IX4Zoqobl7y291LG8vQ
New blood thinning drug could prevent stroke in those with high risk

4 comments:

Rony Schenker, OTR, PhD, Tsad Kadima, Israel said...

Krisztina Abonyi Bernstein, is a senior conductor who while at the Peto Institute was the group leader of the Mother&baby group.
I appreciate her work, seeing her working in her group and several times in Israel in the very early days of CE in our country. you can see her in the world CE congresses, and I would guess her lecture would be worth attending

Anonymous said...

Re: the story on cord blood cell research and CP. The news of the study is worth sharing. However, within the news report is:

"adult umbilical cord stem" cells.

No.such.thing. Perhaps it is a typo, but important enough of an error to cause doubt in the story.

Barbara Boucher, PT, PhD, OT

Gillian Maguire said...

Thanks for these comments.
I can see the cause for concern re the stem cells story, and would assume it was a typo, but will try and check for another version of the story

Gillian Maguire said...

I have now checked and found another report about the stem cell research at the Medical College of Georgia. This makes no mention of adult umbilical stem cells and can be found at
https://my.mcg.edu/portal/page/portal/News/archive/2010/MCG%20to%20conduct%20first%20FDA-approved%20stem%20cell%20trial%20in%20pediatr