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Women injured in boat accident awarded $30 Million Negligent Boaters Likely Cause of TBI Accident But Jury Blames Boat Manufacturer On June 7, 2011 a jury in Butte County California awarded $31 million to two women who were swept off a boat and injured by its propeller. The women were riding in a MasterCraft X-45 wakeboarding craft. There [...] According to Daniel Zweirdling and Christian Miller of NPR a bipartisan group of 74 lawmakers issued a letter Friday demanding that the Pentagon’s health plan cover a treatment for brain injured soldiers known as cognitive rehabilitation therapy. .Rep. Bill Pascrell, (D-NJ), and Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA), the leaders of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, cited [...] As you know from previous posts the U.S. Army and the N.F.L. have been in the news for their respective advances in traumatic brain injury diagnosis, treatment and prevention. A new article in Discover talks about a potential blood test for brain injuries. The test has not been perfected, but if it is it would [...] Traumatic brain injuries have been called the “signature wound” of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. While improvements in armor and battlefield medicine mean more soldiers are surviving bomb blasts that would have killed them in previous wars, the explosions are leaving some of them with permanent wounds. Mild traumatic brain injuries are difficult to [...] According to an article in the Washinton Post the U.S. military plans clinical trials next year to see whether breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber might help thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries. About 300 service members with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury will undergo hyperbaric oxygen [...] Click here for Wrongful Termination, Discrimination & Overtime Claims Have you been seriously injured in an accident? Do you believe you are the victim of medical malpractice? Do you want straight answers about your rights? Call 800 486 6814 for a free consulation without obligation. Our firm represents accident victims and their [...] |
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