Blog Category - Brain Injury

Jun

Cerebral Palsy: Permanent or Treatable?

Several thousand children in the United States are born each year with cerebral palsy (CP), a form of birth injury that can cause both mental and physical disabilities. In fact, no other childhood motor disability is diagnosed more frequently than cerebral palsy. To make matters ...

Jun

How Brain Injuries Can Impact Future Earnings

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most life-altering and significant injuries that you can sustain during an accident. Although they range in severity from mild concussions to permanent comas, most TBIs leave victims with lasting side effects and can even alter the vic...

Jun

How Likely is Recovery Following a Traumatic Brain Injury?

In general, the likelihood of a TBI recovery depends on:Your age: While brain injuries have difficulty healing at any age, the difficulty is far more pronounced for elders. People over the age of 60 generally have the lowest chance of recovering fully or substantially from a TBI...

Jun

Blood Tests May Be Able to Spot Early Signs of Brain Injuries

CT scans can be costly and take a while to perform and analyze, which is not good when a patient might have a brain injury. In order to speed up the diagnostic process — and save patients, doctors, and insurance companies on treatment costs — a new scientific breakthr...

Jun

Is PTSD Directly Caused by Brain Injuries?

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is caused by a violent act or severe physical trauma, like oxygen deprivation for an extended period of time. The consequences of a TBI can vary dramatically, such as memory loss, total loss of motor control, uncontrolled mood swings, and chronic he...

Jun

Is the Risk of Birth Injury Changed By the Size of a Newborn?

Medical malpractice that causes a newborn to suffer a birth injury, like cerebral palsy or brachial plexus injuries, seems often related to manual hardship while trying to deliver the baby. An unprepared or under-experienced doctor may pull or twist the newborn dangerously to com...

Jun

Do Brain Injuries Heal Over Time? Or Are They All Permanent?

After suffering a brain injury - whether it is considered traumatic or minor – the recovery process will be an uphill battle for the patient. This is assuming that it is even possible for the patient to heal the physical damage caused to their brain. Research from lea...