Category: Brain Injury Attorney
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Can Patients Sue Who May Have been Exposed to Fatal Brain Disease?
According to officials the eight New Hampshire patients range in age from their mid-30’s to their mid-80s. Due to privacy laws health officials have not provided any other identifying information about the eight patients.
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Brain Injuries Sustained In Car Accidents Must Be Treated Immediately
Neither of these scans will detect the existence of a traumatic brain injury due to the fact that most traumatic brain injuries involve very subtle damage to tissue as well as chemical changes that occur in the brain in response to the injury.
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Florida Brain Injury Attorney Weighs In On The Role Of Physicians In The Lawsuits Brought By Former N.F.L. Players
Former athletes seeking damages for lost wages, pain and suffering, and medical treatment as a result of brain trauma continue in their legal battles with the NFL.
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Imaging Studies Utilized In Traumatic Brain Injury Cases
This new technology is not only useful in the medical field but now can be a tool, utilized by plaintiff’s lawyers to illustrate an injury to the brain.
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Traumatic Brain Injuries From Car Accidents
Unfortunately, many victims of accidents don’t consider their injuries to be serious. They may consider nausea, some headache, or confusion to be caused by the stress of an accident. All victims of accidents should be evaluated on the scene by emergency personnel such as emergency medical technicians.
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How Susceptibility Weighted Imaging is Being Used to Study Brain Injuries
Nuclear radiologists are beginning to use susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) brain MRI protocol to detect damage that has been done to the brain. The SWI testing was first used by radiologists to determine hemorrhages in the brain that are caused during strokes, which could be missed using a conventional MRI. The new testing that is…