81. SAPP Online Saskatchewan Awareness of Post polio Society Inc. Thanks for visiting our site. We have moved to a new home. Click on the link below to enter the website. http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/health/polio/

Saskatchewan Awareness of Post Polio Society Inc. Thanks for visiting our site. We have moved to a new home. Click on the link below to enter the website. While you are there, be sure to update your bookmark or link with our new location. Click this icon to go to the new Sapp Online!!!

82. Warm Springs Polio Survivors Remember FDR CNN http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/04/11/warm.springs.reunion.ap/index.html

83. CNN.com - Health - Global Deadline Set To Eradicate Polio By 2005 - September 27 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/09/27/polio.eradication/index.html

health Editions myCNN Video ... Feedback CNN Sites CNN CNN Europe CNNfn CNNSI myCNN CNNfyi AllPolitics Languages Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNfn.com The Web HEALTH TOP STORIES New treatments hold out hope for breast cancer patients MORE TOP STORIES Thousands dead in India; quake toll rapidly rising Israelis, Palestinians make final push before Israeli election Davos protesters confront police MORE ... MORE MARKETS 4:30pm ET, 4/16 DJIA NAS SPORTS Jordan says farewell for the third time ... LOCAL EDITIONS: CNN.com Europe change default edition MULTIMEDIA: video video archive audio multimedia showcase ... more services E-MAIL: Subscribe to one of our news e-mail lists Enter your address: DISCUSSION: chat feedback CNN WEB SITES: CNNfyi.com CNN.com Europe AsiaNow Spanish ... Korean Headlines TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW CNN NETWORKS: CNN anchors transcripts Turner distribution SITE INFO: help contents search ad info ... jobs WEB SERVICES: Global deadline set to eradicate polio by 2005 UNITED NATIONS (CNN) In the 12 years since an ambitious health initiative was launched to eliminate polio worldwide by the end of the year 2000, there are still some 30 countries to go. "The disease is eradicable," said Ciro de Quadros, director of the division of vaccines and immunizations for the World Health Organization. "We have good vaccine to eradicate the disease (and) all countries are committed."

84. Medical References: Polio polio used to strike thousands of children each year. What is polio? polio is a disease that causes lasting disabilities in a minority of infected individuals. http://www.modimes.org/professionals/681_1283.asp

View All Chapters Find Your Local Chapter June 11, 2004 Select one Folic Acid Pregnancy Prenatal Screening Infections/Diseases Loss Concerns Newborn Information Birth Defects Polio Genetics Research Funding Perinatal Statistics Medical References Continuing Education ... Prematurity Quick Reference and Fact Sheets Polio Polio (short for poliomyelitis, once called infantile paralysis), used to strike thousands of children each year. In 1955, it was announced that the Salk vaccine, which was developed with March of Dimes funding, was safe and effective against this disabling, sometimes fatal infection. What is polio? Polio is a disease that causes lasting disabilities in a minority of infected individuals. It is caused by any of three types of polio viruses. It attacks mainly infants and children, but young adults and some older people get it, too. Polio often causes no more than a sore throat, headache, malaise, intestinal upset and fever. About 90 percent of infected persons have no more than these mild symptoms and recover completely. However, from the digestive tract (stomach and intestines), the virus also can get into the blood stream and be carried to the nervous system (brain and spinal cord). About 10 percent of infected individuals develop a high fever, meningitis (inflammation of membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord), and severe neck and back pain. In about one of every hundred infected persons, the virus attacks nerves inside the spine that send messages to muscles in arms, legs and other areas. This can result in partial or complete paralysis. If the virus gets into the brainstem (bulbar polio), muscles needed for breathing, swallowing and other vital functions become paralyzed, and the patient may die.

85. ADEP - Association D'Entraide Des Polios Et Handicapés Aider les poliomy©litiques et les autres handicap©s physiques, ainsi que leurs familles, dans les difficult©s de leur vie quotidienne et faciliter la r©insertion sociale des grands handicap©s physiques et plus particuli¨rement ceux qui souffrent d'insuffisance respiratoire. Renseignements pratiques et adresses utiles en France. http://www.orpha.net/associations/ADEP/ADEP.html

ADEP 75014 Paris Fax : 01 45 45 38 63 Objectif Edition de la revue "OXYGENE" adressée aux adhérents de l'association (1986), Service juridique (1994). Communication interne et externe : Mme SANCHEZ, Mme TCHERNIA Information, Conseil et Documentation "OXYGENE", revue trimestrielle diffusée à 17 500 exemplaires. Consultations juridiques Traitement de la douleur Service social Service de Formation Montereau Evry Ville Nouvelle Directrice : Melle MARAFICO Directeur : M. LEFRANC - Résidence "Le Vieux Lavoir" à Puteaux (92) : appartements autonomes avec un encadrement éducatif. - Résidence "Glacière" à Paris (13e) : chambres individuelles pour handicapés moteurs, étudiants ou en formation, et personnes handicapées en difficulté d'insertion (7 chambres) ADEP-ASSISTANCE Directrice : Mme LEROY 7, rue Voltaire - 92800 Puteaux Service d'Auxiliaires de vie 7, rue Voltaire - 92800 Puteaux

86. Famous Polio People This page is dedicated to all polio survivors famous or not, many who are now facing the second half of their lives with a condition known as Post polio http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5212/poliopeople.html

This page is dedicated to all Polio survivors famous or not, many who are now facing the second half of their lives with a condition known as Post Polio Syndrome ...unfair as that is... and are joined by others who also had Polio , but who are just a little more recognizable... But, first I am honoring, William H. Remaley, who was born in a small town called Parryville, Pennsylvania in 1904. He was stricken with Polio in 1905 just when he was taking his first steps. He is possibly the oldest living polio survivor. His daughter writes proudly about her father in an article on the Lincolnshire Post Polio Network Website. Click here to read more about this now famous polio survivor. Famous People who had Polio Eleanor Abbott : designed the game CandyLand Ann Adams (1937-1992) : artist (by mouth) Tenley Albright : doctor and olympic gold medalist for figure skating Alan Alda : actor, writer, director Ida Louise Anderson (1900-1941) : broadcast radio pioneer Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954) : actor Charles E. Bennett (1911-2003) : longtime US Congressman, Florida

87. UNICEF - Immunization Plus - Introduction Highlights the efforts for worldwide eradication of polio by UNICEF and its partners. http://www.unicef.org/polio/

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88. Polio    [www.gezondheid.be]    dossier (overzichtslijst). polio (Kinderverlamming), De mens is de enige drager. polio was reeds 3000 jaar geleden in het Oude Egypte gekend. http://www.gezondheid.be/index.cfm?fuseaction=art&art_id=86

89. Polio Information From IAC Home page. polio Information. Photos of Children with polio. Photos www.vaccineinformation.org/polio/photos.asp. Videos www.vaccineinformation.org/video/polio.asp. http://www.immunize.org/polio/

Home page Polio Information Journal articles Recommendations State laws Case histories ... Resources Journal Articles "Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Nigeria, January 2003March 2004" Source: MMWR, April 30, 2004, Vol. 53(16):343-346 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5316a3.htm "Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - India, 2003" Source: MMWR, March 26, 2004, Vol. 53(11):238-241 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5311a3.htm "Brief Report: Global Polio Eradication Initiative Strategic Plan, 2004" Source: MMWR, February 13, 2004, Vol. 53(5):107-108 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5305a5.htm "Mass Immunization Campaign Launched to Protect 15 Million Children from Polio, as Outbreak in Nigeria Spreads Across West Africa" Source: Can Commun Dis Rep, January 1, 2004, Vol. 30(1):7-8 Click here for abstract "Global Progress Toward Certifying Polio Eradication and Laboratory Containment of Wild Polioviruses-August 2002August 2003"

90. HOW TO PREVENT FURTHER DISABILITY IN POLIO SURVIVORS By Dr. Julie Silver PPS expert lists things to do and not to do. http://www.skally.net/ppsc/silver2.html

HOW TO PREVENT FURTHER DISABILITY IN POLIO SURVIVORS By Julie K. Silver, M.D. Reprinted with the gracious permission of Accent on Living - Summer 1999 Julie K. Silver, M.D. , completed her residency at National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, DC. A California native, Dr. Silver earned her BS at the University of Califomia/Davis, and her MD at Georgetown University. She interned at the former Framingham Union Hospital. Dr. Silver pursues her interests in musculoskeletal rehabilitation and Post-Polio Syndrome as Director of the new Spaulding Neighborhood Rehabilitation Center in Framingham and is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School Spaulding Rehabilitation Hosptial is an affiliate of The Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners HealthCare System, Inc and is associated with Harvard Medical School, Tufts University School of Medicine and MGH Institute of Health Professions Dr. Silvers has written a new book on Post-Polio Syndrome that will be published early in the year 2000 by Yale University Press. Although it is important to treat the symptoms of PPS, there are many other reasons why polio survivors may become further disabled. This article addresses three major reasons why polio survivors may experience further disability as they age, and how to prevent this from occurring.

91. HHRS Resources: Poliomyelitis History A collection of internet resources focused on the history of poliomyelitis and polio vaccines, especially in Canada. http://www.healthheritageresearch.com/PolioHistory.html

Home Featured Resources History of Polio in Canada C.J. Rutty's Polio History Bibliography ... Other Resources Images: National Archives of Canada (above); US National Library of Medicine (right) Useful Health Heritage Resources Poliomyelitis History Send Useful Link Suggestions and URL corrections to: hhrs@healthheritageresearch.com http://www.healthheritageresearch.com Last Updated: June 2, 2004 Are you in Winnipeg? I'll be giving a presentation: "Ground Zero: Manitoba, Public Health & the Politics of Polio, 1953-55" University of Manitoba, Sunday, June 6, 9:00 am, Helen Glass Building, Room 260 C.J. Rutty, "The Twentieth-Century Plague," The Beaver (Canada's History Magazine), April/May 2004 Article Now Available as pdf file at the PolioHistory Yahoo Group , in the Files Section POLIO - 50 Years Later More Info Here Now Showing @ The Provincial Museum of Alberta, Feb 7 - Sept 12, 2004 Every Mother's Fear: Alberta's Polio Experience More Info Here Now Available! WALKING FINGERS: Edited by Sally Aitken, Helen D'Orazio and Stewart Valin

92. Communicable Disease Fact Sheet poliomyelitis. Versi? en espa?l. (infantile paralysis, polio). What is polio? polio is a viral disease which may affect the central nervous system. http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/communicable_diseases/en/polio.htm

Return to Communicable Disease Home Page From the ... What's New Poliomyelitis Versión en español (infantile paralysis, polio) Further Information Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research What is polio? Polio is a viral disease which may affect the central nervous system. Since polio immunization has become widespread, cases of polio are very rare. Who gets polio? Polio is more common in infants and young children and occurs under conditions of poor hygiene. However, paralysis is more common and more severe when infection occurs in older individuals. In exceedingly rare cases, oral polio vaccine has caused paralytic polio in a person who received the vaccine or in a person who was a close contact of a vaccine recipient. How is polio spread? Polio is predominately spread through the feces. What are the symptoms of polio? Infection ranges in severity from an inapparent infection to a paralytic disease which may result in death. Symptoms include fever, malaise, headache, nausea and vomiting, excruciating muscle pain and stiffness in the neck and back. How soon after infection do symptoms appear?

93. Living With Post-Polio Syndrome Medical College of Wisconsin, Living with Postpolio Syndrome, theories, information and a few links http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/996372413.html

Search Articles: search tips Please Take the HealthLink Survey Email this article Print this article Find related articles: By topic: Physical Medicine/Rehab Infections/Infectious Diseases Neurology By keywords: Receive Health Link via email! Subscribe now >> Living With Post-Polio Syndrome Decades after surviving polio, many individuals are faced with the pain, fatigue and muscle weakness of post-polio syndrome (PPS). PPS is believed to affect 20-40% of the 640,000 polio survivors in the United States, according to the Post-Polio Task Force . People who had more severe cases of polio generally have more severe cases of PPS, as well. There is no cure for PPS, but it is seldom a life-threatening condition. PPS typically affects polio survivors 10 to 40 years after an initial polio attack. In the course of recovery from polio, the body compensates for the loss of nerve cells by sprouting extra nerve endings to restore function to muscles. It is believed that these "axonal sprouts" eventually fail after years of use, resulting in loss of muscle strength, pain and fatigue. In essence, the muscle fiber loses its ability to contract in an efficient manner. This may eventually lead to joint pain and skeletal deformities. But PPS is a "very slowly progressing condition marked by long periods of stability," according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke For example, patients may realize that in years past they could walk long distances, but are now fatigued by walking in the grocery story. Or they have pain or weakness in an area of the body they thought was unaffected by polio. However, not every polio survivor who has aches and pains or experiences fatigue has post-polio syndrome.

94. Polio polio. Since the vaccine came into widespread and routine use, paralytic polio has been almost unheard of in developed countries. http://www.drreddy.com/shots/polio.html

Dr. Reddy's Pediatric Office on the Web TM Polio Until Salk and Sabin produced the first effective polio vaccine in the early 1950's, every hospital had wards filled with survivors of paralytic polio all of whom depended on "iron lungs" (a type of mechanical ventilator) to breathe. Since the vaccine came into widespread and routine use, paralytic polio has been almost unheard of in developed countries. The polio viruses (there happen to be three of them) are from a class known as "enteroviruses", because they usually infect the intestines (at least initially). For many people who are infected, a polio infection results in little more than fever, aches and pains, and possibly mild gastroenteritis In others, though, the virus also attacks nerves that control muscles, and this can result in paralysis of those muscles. Before vaccines were introduced, it was relatively common for polio patients to become partly or completely wheelchair-bound (Franklin Roosevelt is one famous example). In some cases the virus can attack certain nerves which come directly off the brain rather than through the spinal cord: this can paralyze the muscles of the face and throat, and obstruct breathing. This, combined with paralysis of the chest muscles, often leaves survivors dependent on ventilators. Before Salk developed the injectable vaccine, polio epidemics were common and usually happened about every 1-2 years. Since the vaccine became widely used, polio has become quite rare in the United States and other developed countries. The Sabin oral polio vaccine actually does a better job of producing immunity for one thing, it stimulates the intestines to produce antibodies, thus protecting against the virus at its point of attack and it's a lot easier to give (who really wants shots when you can get a drop on a sugar cube instead?). However, in about 1 out of 100,000 cases a patient gets paralytic polio from the vaccine itself. (In the last few years the

95. NINDS Post-Polio Syndrome Information Page Postpolio Syndrome information page compiled by NINDS, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/post_polio_short.htm

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Accessible version Science for the Brain The nation's leading supporter of biomedical research on disorders of the brain and nervous system Browse all disorders Browse all health organizations More about Post-Polio Syndrome Studies with patients Research literature Press releases Search NINDS... (help) Contact us My privacy NINDS is part of the National Institutes of Health NINDS Post-Polio Syndrome Information Page Reviewed 07-01-2001 Get Web page suited for printing Email this to a friend or colleague Table of Contents (click to jump to sections) What is Post-Polio Syndrome? Is there any treatment? What is the prognosis? What research is being done? ... Related NINDS Publications and Information What is Post-Polio Syndrome? Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS) is a condition that can strike polio survivors anywhere from 10 to 40 years after their recovery from polio. PPS is caused by the death of individual nerve terminals in the motor units that remain after the initial polio attack. Symptoms include fatigue, slowly progressive muscle weakness, muscle and joint pain, and muscular atrophy. The severity of PPS depends upon how seriously the survivors were affected by the first polio attack. Doctors estimate the incidence of PPS at about 25 percent of the survivor population. The only way to be sure a person has PPS is through a neurological examination aided by other laboratory studies (for example, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), neuroimaging, electrophysiological studies, and muscle biopsies or spinal fluid analysis).

96. Greater Boston Post-Polio Association Support and selected resources for polio survivors now experiencing the effects of postpolio syndrome, plus information on several Massachusetts PPS support groups. http://gbppa.org

Welcome to the website of the Greater Boston Post-Polio Association! Rather than inundate you with a library of thousands of documents, we take a more selective approach to make it easy for you to find the most important and useful resources available. Many of the items here, such as our member-written articles, Positive Personal Solutions column and resource list originate with the GBPPA and will be found in few other places. We will be continuously adding to this site, so we hope that you'll visit often, and that you will find information here that will make coping with post-polio syndrome a little easier. Please read our Last Updated: May 26, 2004 Recent Updates and Additions 5-6-03 - Updated meeting notices and updated Resource List . Added new member-written article, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Post-Polio Syndrome , by Allen C. Hill. Added new medical article, Changing Your Life by Conserving Energy , by Mavis J. Matheson, MD. 8-17-03 - Updated Resource List 10-20-03 - Updated meeting notices, added new "Personal Experiences" article section with its first article

97. Polio Outreach Of Washington Important Information for this Month Post polio Awareness Week The signing by Govenor Lock Who are We? Support Group Meeting Schedule Pictures and Stories of http://polio.dyndns.org/polio/

This site is 100% Disabled Friendly Our goal is to provide information and support to Polio Survivors, family members, and medical care providers. Please join us and help make 2002 "The Year of the Polio Survivor" and make the IPTF motto a reality: "Every child vaccinated. Every survivor and doctor educated." "A large group of people in the community will have Post Polio Syndrome (PPS) - it's the second largest cause of neurological impairment after stroke." Quote from Dr. Zimmerman at the Englewood Hospital in New Jersey. The World Health Organization estimates there are 12 million people worldwide with some degree of disability caused by poliomyelitis. There are roughly 1.8 million Polio survivors in the US. The Center for Disease Control estimates that there are 37,000 Polio survivors in the State of Washington. Of these, 77% will deal with Post Polio Syndrome. Of the estimated 37,000 polio survivors in Washington state we have only been able to reach 2594 - a mere 7% so far. Important Information for this Month Post Polio Awareness Week The signing by Govenor Lock "Who are We?"

98. Computers For Handicapped Independence Program If you have information on new products please let us know. You can contact us at Email dr_bill@polio.dyndns.org or by regular mail at 621 N. 16th Ave. http://polio.dyndns.org/chip/

Computers for Handicapped Independence Program Restoring Independence Through Computer Technology. Computers for Handicapped Independence Program provides information on software and hardware for persons with varied limitations either in motor, vision, learning, hearing, or cognitive skills. This information service is provided via the Internet and Phone free to those requesting the service. Chip's is a 100% volunteer manned service. The C.H.I.P.'s program was started in 1988 by Dr. William Stilwater in response to a growing need for computer systems to assist the handicapped. Dr. Stilwater was able to understand needs and limitations of the motor impaired first hand, because he is also a quadriplegic. Dr. Stilwater presently volunteers as director of the CHIP's (Computers for Handicapped Independence Program). He is a member of the N.Y. Academy of Science and is in the International Who's Who of Professionals 2000 edition. The picture to the left is Dr. Stilwater and his service dog Hydie. Hydie passed away on Memorial Day 1996. All the software and hardware entries are being edited at this time. The typing is being done by two quadriplegics so we are slow. Thank you.

99. Hilary Koprowski, M.D. This site is dedicated to the career and work of Dr Hilary Koprowski in the field of microbiology, including his pioneering work on live polio vaccines. http://www.koprowski.net

Hilary Koprowski, M.D. Welcome to www.koprowski.net! Home Biography Polio Vaccine Special Interests ... Curriculum Vitae Welcome to Dr. Koprowski's Website! Dr. Hilary Koprowski is the creator of the live polio vaccine, the developer of the rabies vaccine, and the first researcher to advance the diagnostic and therapeutic use of monoclonal antibodies. This site is dedicated to his distinguished career and lifelong work in the field of microbiology. Did you know Hilary Koprowski, M.D., of Thomas Jefferson University, is the recipient of the Institute of Human Virology's Lifetime Achievement Award for 2001. Dr. Koprowski also chairs this organization's Scientific Advisory Board. He received this honor during their 2001 International Meeting. Some websites also worth visiting : Polio Eradication.com

100. Polio Network Victoria - A Service Of ParaQuad polio Network Victoria provides relevant information referal and support services for people who have had polio, their families and advocates. http://paraquad.asn.au/services/polio/polio.html

POLIO HOME Site feedback Webmaster INDEX Goals We help by  Late Effects of Polio Management of the Late Effects of Polio ... For more information GOALS To provide current information on polio and its possible late effects, and on the availability of community services to people who have had polio, their families, carers and advocates. To assist in the formation and networking of community support groups for people who have had polio. To raise the awareness of issues affecting people who have had polio within the wider community. To promote an awareness of the Polio Network Victoria to potential users, community support groups, service providers and health professionals. Polio Network A service of Para Quad Victoria x

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