Head & Brain Injuries

• A Visit To The Emergency Room

  Rob McKinney | June 16, 2008 6:37 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Last weekend , I traveled out of town with my son , Joseph, for a baseball tournament. Joseph plays for the Nashville Diamonds Baseball Club . I really enjoy watching him play and...

• Brain Injury Basics

  Brooks Schuelke | June 13, 2008 11:33 AM | 1 CommentAustin, TX

  A nine-year old boy suffered a brain injury after being struck by a car while walking in front of a bus in New York. The driver, a teen who was allegedly drunk, hit the boy as he tried to drive around the parked bus. The child is currently being treated at a children’s hospital, but has become another tragic example of a victim of a severe brain injury.

• FORE!!!!

  Jon Lewis | June 10, 2008 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Ever consider the dangers of golf carts? Apparently, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have. According to an article in the Birmingham News, there are 1,000 people injured...

• Dry Drowning Warning For Parents

  Eddie Farah | June 07, 2008 1:59 AM | 128 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The death of a 10-year-old boy from South Carolinathis week while lying in his own bed, has brought attention to the little known “dry drowning.” Johnny Jackson had gone for a swim in his...

• Child helmets can prevent serious head injuries

  Chuck Boyk | May 30, 2008 5:13 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  Warmer weather brings more and more kids out of the house to ride their bikes. One way to prevent personal injuries is to have your child wear a helmet at all times when participating in any wheeled...

• Are Cell Phones Dangerous?

  Drew Dixon | May 28, 2008 5:14 PM | 2 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  With more and more people talking on cell phones each day the question arises "What are the long term effects on the brain from cell phone use going to be?" Are brain tumors caused by cell phones just a myth or is there something to the doctors claims that using a cell phone increase one's risk of a Brain tumor.

• Enforce helmet use for kids to prevent personal injury

  Chuck Boyk | May 27, 2008 5:04 PM | 0 CommentsSandusky, OH

  One way to prevent personal injuries is to have your child wear a helmet at all times when participating in any wheeled activity such as riding an ATV or bicycle. Safe Kids USA reports that helmets...

• IME And The "Fake Bad Scale"

  Frank Bailey | May 27, 2008 9:06 AM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  Have you been injured and forced to undergo an examination by the defendant’s doctor (IME)? More and more we hear about the “Fake Bad Scale” being used by doctors to discredit legitimately injured...

• Birth Trauma Results In $22.6 Million Jury Award

  David Mittleman | May 21, 2008 11:30 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI

  After five (5) weeks of testimony and nearly four (4) days of deliberations, a jury in Ohio awarded Heather Grow's family $22.6 million for brain injuries related to the birth of her daughter...

• Is Lawsuit Involving Little League Bat Wrong?

  Larry Knapp | May 19, 2008 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA

  Today a brain injured child's lawyer filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the metal bat from which the baseball that hit the boy in the chest just above his heart (causing the heart to arrest...