After a spinal cord injury, the assumption that it takes years for degenerative changes in the spinal cord and the brain to happen is incorrect. A study from the University of Zurich, Uniklinik Balgrist, and University College London (UCL), demonstrates that anatomical changes in the spinal cord and brain above…
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Teen Drivers Car Accident Prevention: online gaming platform style program helps teens improving their driving skills
In order to prevent teen car crashes and personal injury, an innovative online program focuses on improving frontal lobe execution functions such as self-regulation or impulse control so that young drivers can achieve insight about driving risks and improve their driving skills. The frontal lobe of the brain is not…
New York Residential Building Accident Prevention: New Yorkers can request a free inspection of their deck and porch without the threat of receiving a violation
If porches and decks are not maintained properly the weather changes and the exposure to elements can put them at risk of collapse and proprety owners can be held responsible for personal injury that may occur in the event of an accident . For this reason the NYC Building department…
New York Car Accident: alcohol and speed kill 2 and injure 4
A boozed up 20 year old driver was going 120 mph when he lost control of his car and slammed into the guardrail on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens, New York early Saturday. Two of the passengers died and two others suffered injury and were taken to the hospital.…
New York Personal Injury: Supermarket worker’s hand mutilated by reverse vending machine
A 46 year old employee of the Flatbush Ave. Stop & Shop in Brooklyn was severely injured while cleaning a bottle machine return (reverse vending machine). As he was trying to reach for some glass in the machine, his hand got trapped and badly mutilated by the machine. Read more…
Brooklyn Bicycle Accident: man struck by a truck dies in hospital
A 68 year old man was riding his bike on Sixth Ave in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York when he was hit by a truck. After the accident, the driver stepped out of his truck and looked around and drove away from the scene leaving the victim to die according…
20% of adolescents suffered Traumatic Brain Injury in their lifetime and 5.6% suffered TBI in the last 12 months
Prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injury among adolescents may be much higher than previously known according to an innovative study that focuses on 7-12 grades students and include all self-reported TBIs. Previous studies have been mostly based on hospital records leaving many head injuries uncounted because they were not reported to…
Personal Injury & Wrongful Death – New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak is the largest reported outbreak of fungal infections associated with contaminated steroid injections
745 people have been infected and 58 have died from an outbreak of fungal meningitis associated with epidural steroid injections between september 2012 and June 2013 according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The contamination was traced to more than 17,000 vials from three contaminated lots of preservative-free…
Medical Malpractice – Amoxicillin-clavulanate (Augmentin) is the most common cause of Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI)
Drug-induced liver injury (also called DILI or drug-induced hepatotoxicity) is a significant cause of personal injury and wrongful death in many patient populations. According to a study published in in the June issue of Gastroenterology induced liver injury is caused in 75% of cases by a single prescription, in 16%…
Personal Injury Prevention: in a severe side car crash accident, today’s cars are offering superior protection to passengers thanks to very strong safety cages limiting intrustion into the compartment and standards side air bags protecting vital organs
Side car crash test shows that car occupants are better protected than 10 years ago in severe side crash accidents. See below the new video from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.