Posts tagged spinal cord injury

• An Open Letter to the American Association for Justice: Reactivate the Trial Lawyers Care Volunteer Project to Help Brain-Injured Iraq War Soldiers

  Michael Phelan | March 12, 2007 10:48 AM | 4 CommentsRichmond, VA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  I read with disgust the latest news account of how the Pentagon is failing to provide necessary medical care for soldiers who suffer brain injuries in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. Largely because of the improvised explosive devices used by Iraq insurgents, traumatic brain injury has become the signature wound of the Iraq War. In an article titled, "For War's Gravely Injured, Challenge to...

• Controversial Chairman of NFL's Committee on Concussions Resigns

  Michael Phelan | March 01, 2007 12:17 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Dr. Elliot Pellman, a rheumatologist, whose qualifications as the 13 year chairman of the N.F.L.'s committee on concussions have been questioned by brain injury experts, resigned Monday. His resignation follows recent articles in the New York Times about the devastating effects of concussions on retired football players and a October 2006 ESPN The Magazine expose which criticized the...

• Bob Woodruff Family Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury

  Michael Phelan | February 24, 2007 4:00 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  In 2006, ABC News Anchor Bob Woodruff was an embedded journalist in Iraq. Mr. Woodruff sustained a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) when an improvised explosive device blew up the military vehicle in which he was riding. Some good for other TBI victims is going to come from Mr. Woodruff's tragedy. The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA), Mr. Woodruff, and his family have teamed up...

• Another Former NFL Star Says, "There's Something Wrong With My Brain"

  Michael Phelan | February 02, 2007 9:16 AM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Middle linebacker, Ted Johnson, was the captain of the New England Patriots in 1998 and 2003, and helped the Pats win three Super Bowls before retiring in 2005. According to a story in the New York Times, Mr. Johnson now forgets people's names, misses appointments and...can become so terrified of the outside world that he locks himself alone inside his Boston apartment in bed with the blinds...

• Improper Supervision and Set Up of Bounce Houses Result in Serious Injuries

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | June 09, 2011 7:01 PM | 1 CommentVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  Bounce houses in Virginia look like fun when they are shaped like castles and ships, but accidents involving the inflatables have resulted in serious injuries and death all over the United...

• Maintaining Active Lifestyle through Laminoplasty after Back Injury and Spine Pain

  Doug Landau | March 20, 2012 12:02 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  Advances in medicine are enabling disabled clients to achieve better outcomes after spine injuries. New surgical techniques, equipment and prosthetics have allowed ABRAMS LANDAU clients to regain...

• Half price DC Social Security Disability Lawyer ?

  Doug Landau | March 19, 2012 4:24 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  How much ? How Hard ? How Long ? Those are the three best questions clients and their family members ask Herndon Reston area disability lawyer Doug Landau. For the first question, there is good...

• Intelligent Vehicle Technology to Soon Warn VA Drivers of Impending Accidents

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | July 09, 2011 6:22 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Automakers are developing intelligent vehicle technology to warn drivers of impending accidents before they occur, according to the Virginian-Pilot. In July 2001, companies gathered at a National...

• Project to Cure Paralysis: Cooling After Spinal Cord Injury

  Doug Landau | February 12, 2011 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  The University of Miami is frequently at the cutting edge of advances in medical research, especially accidental spinal cord injury and paralysis. As an alum of the U and a lifelong follower of...

• "What are the denial rates of the Social Security Judge hearing MY disability case ?"

  Doug Landau | May 15, 2010 10:25 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  Unlike baseball team box scores, the approval rates of the Federal Administrative Law Judges who decide Social Security Disability cases are not published in the daily newspaper. The answer to this...