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Recent Examples of cerebral palsy
Possible benefits include reducing high blood pressure, relieving leg cramps, and preventing cerebral palsy in infants.
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Emmanuella Ogbonna, Health, 15 Apr. 2025
Alexa explained in her reel that Duke University in North Carolina has been working on a clinical trial for cerebral palsy for over five years and has reported success in thousands of cases.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
This coming-of-age film, based on a 2010 novel by Sharon M. Draper, stars Phoebe-Ray
Taylor as a sixth-grader with cerebral palsy facing the challenges of being in a mainstream
class for the first time.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 1 May 2025
Read more At Philadelphia airport, pope blesses, kisses head of disabled boy
Pope Francis kissed the forehead of a boy with cerebral palsy after landing in Philadelphia, coaxing a small smile from the profoundly disabled 10-year-old.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
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Emmanuella Ogbonna, Health, 15 Apr. 2025
Alexa explained in her reel that Duke University in North Carolina has been working on a clinical trial for cerebral palsy for over five years and has reported success in thousands of cases.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
This coming-of-age film, based on a 2010 novel by Sharon M. Draper, stars Phoebe-Ray
Taylor as a sixth-grader with cerebral palsy facing the challenges of being in a mainstream
class for the first time.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 1 May 2025
Read more At Philadelphia airport, pope blesses, kisses head of disabled boy
Pope Francis kissed the forehead of a boy with cerebral palsy after landing in Philadelphia, coaxing a small smile from the profoundly disabled 10-year-old.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cerebral palsy
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Eileen Schick, a tall brunette in her forties, had been a nurse at one time but stopped working when multiple sclerosis made her job impossible.—
Lisa Pratta
June 12,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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Read more: Prevention & Treatment Fitness 13 Sources Martin is the author of seven books and a patient advocate who has written about her experiences with lupus and multiple sclerosis.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
11 June 2025
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Over the next 25 years, there would be 51.2 million cases of measles, 9.9 million cases of rubella and 4.3 million cases of poliomyelitis.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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There is no cure for paralytic poliomyelitis.—
Dr. Céline Gounder,
CBS News,
15 Sep. 2022
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This could result in serious health complications, such as: vomiting, lack of coordination and balance, and in rare cases, partial paralysis, collapse and even death, says Martin.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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Related article Counterfeit or mishandled Botox injections linked to harmful reactions in nine states Botulism is a life-threatening condition caused by toxins made by Clostridium botulinum bacteria that attack the nervous system and cause paralysis.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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The Emmy-winning composer died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles following an eight-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), Clausen’s daughter told the Hollywood Reporter.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
31 May 2025
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For example, in the hand tendon-transfer surgery for high median-ulnar palsy, one muscle is sutured to all four finger flexor tendons.—
Evan Ackerman,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Mar. 2018
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“Cerebral palsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cerebral%20palsy. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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