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Epsom Salts & Cerebral Palsy
posted 11:26 pm Wed August 27, 2008 - Lynchburg, VA
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Could the solution to preventing cerebral palsy lie in Epsom salt? It's this week’s Health Check. Right now, a-third of CP cases are linked to premature birth.
So researchers across the country studied pregnant woman who had signs of very early labor. They gave half the women Epsom salt through IV. The others received a placebo. Results showed that babies whose mothers received the Epsom salt cut their risk for cerebral palsy by 45-percent.
Doctors think the treatment helps stabilize blood vessels in the mother, thereby keeping oxygen supplied to the baby's brain. Because FDA approval isn't necessary, doctors could start using Epsom salt immediately.
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