November 2023 Newsletter

Inside This Issue:

Seeking Users of Negative Pressure Ventilation: Norma M. Braun, MD  is looking to interview Post-Polio patients (and others) who can describe their experiences while they were/are using negative pressure devices such as an Iron Lung or Chest Cuirasses. 

Thanksgiving – it’s a time of reflection and gratitude. Honored in many different countries, Austria, Canada, China, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Liberia, Japan, South India, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United States and unofficially in Brazil and the Philippines. Thanksgiving has a different origin and meaning in each of these countries, but they're all celebrations of gratitude.

Here in the US, we honor and thank our veterans each November.

The Effects of Warm Weather on Post-Polio Syndrome: Richard Bruno, HD, PhD looks at a study.  What is clear is that spending a month in a warm climate during the dead of winter significantly reduced pain, fatigue and depression in polio survivors.

The “Gentle Heroes” of the 1954 Polio Vaccine Trials: A powerful quote from Paul A. Offit, MD, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, reminds us of our gratitude for the children and parents who were willing to participate in the vaccine trials, as Polio Pioneers.

Town Hall Conversations: We are happy to be able to bring you two new videos from Post-Polio Health International’s 2023 Educational Series.

World Polio Day 2023. Polio Survivors were more than willing to speak out about the miracle of the polio vaccine.  

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