What Other Problems Can Los Angeles Traumatic Brain Injuries Cause?

We recently added a blog about medical research suggesting that traumatic brain injury should be classified as a chronic disease.  Included here are more reasons for its suggested classification (from the researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston).  Traumatic brain injury, according to the researchers, is “strongly [...]

September 21, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Brain Injury News & Medical Research  No Comments

Child Brain Injuries From Basketball See Drastic Increase | Los Angeles Brain Injury Lawyers

Child brain injuries from basketball have risen by 70% in the past ten to eleven years, according to a new study of basketball-related injuries in children (reports WBAL-TV).  Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Center for Injury Research and Policy, who conducted the study of more than ten years of injury data, reported that the rise [...]

September 17, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Brain Injury News & Medical Research, Children & TBI, Sports & TBI  No Comments

Anoxic Brain Injury Victim Wins $2.85 Million Settlement for Taser Incident | Los Angeles Brain Injury Lawyers

A 49-year-old man from California has won a $2.85 million settlement against Taser International in connection with his anoxic brain injury from being shocked with a Taser, according to the Mercury News website.  This is the first time the stun-gun company has settled a case of product liability, and the makers do not consider themselves [...]

August 28, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Incidents of Traumatic Brain Injury  No Comments

Child Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention in Los Angeles & Other Parts of CA

Among the injuries seen most frequently in pediatric intensive care units are those from falls, bicycle accidents, near-drownings, auto accidents, and child abuse.  With each of these types of accidents posing the risk of traumatic brain injury, the need for child safety and injury prevention efforts is critical.  Included here are tips to keep in [...]

August 11, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Children & TBI  No Comments

Los Angeles Brain Injuries: Birth Injuries & Cerebral Palsy

Although many types of brain injury result from auto accidents, falls, and other accidents involving an impact to the head, some forms of brain injury result from medical malpractice.  One of the more common brain injuries that occurs at birth, during pregnancy, or within a child’s first three years is cerebral palsy, which can result [...]

July 30, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Children & TBI, Symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury, Types of Brain Injury  No Comments

Los Angeles Slip & Fall Accidents & Traumatic Brain Injury in California: Do You Have a Case?

Among the most common causes of traumatic brain injury in California are Los Angeles slip and fall accidents.  Whether you or a family member fell in an accident at work, slipped or tripped on the sidewalk, fell from a ladder, or suffered a blow to the head in another type of slip and fall accident, [...]

June 23, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Falls & TBI, Work-Related Accidents & TBI  No Comments

College Student in Coma After Critical Brain Injury, Hit-and-Run Driver Arrested

The hit-and-run driver who is believed to be responsible for the critical brain injuries of a 22-year-old college student was arrested in Los Angeles Thursday, May 27, accordng to the NBC Los Angeles news website.  The serious Los Angeles car accident occurred around 10:40 p.m. May 19 when Benjamin Zelman, who was crossing La Cienega [...]

May 29, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Car & Truck Accidents & TBI, Incidents of Traumatic Brain Injury, Pedestrian, Bicycle, & Motorcycle Accidents & TBI  No Comments