All posts tagged 'brain injury lawyer'

Comment from Reader on Our Webpages

Posted on April 16th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

On Apr 16, 2009, at 6:08 AM, MICHAEL SHELLER wrote: Dear Mr. Johnson, I simply had to stop all activity and send you this e-mail. Please let me explain: Around the very turn of this new decade I suffered a brain injury. I have no memory of the accident at..
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Natasha Richardson Details Reviewed

Posted on March 29th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

Perhaps no story impacting brain injury has impacted the public’s consciousness more than that of Natasha Richardson. I could write on this from dozens of angles and perhaps will in the coming months. The best news story (as opposed to commentary) on her injury and subsequent death is at the..
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CDC Finding re: Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on March 23rd, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

One of the most difficult to answer and unfortunately way to often asked questions on our 800 number is about coma prognosis and treatment. A study cited on the Center for Disease Control’s website (CDC) discusses new research in this area. With the Natasha Richardson seemingly mild brain injury that..
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Hospitals ill from more bad debt, credit troubles

Posted on December 28th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 12/28/2008 12:01 AM By LINDA A. JOHNSONAP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gainesville’s first community hospital has been on life support since the Shands Healthcare system in northern Florida bought it a dozen years ago. Now, because of the recession, the plug is being pulled on 80-year-old, money-losing..
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Stroke and Trauma

Posted on September 25th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

A side note to the story below: Most people would never connect these two words: stroke and trauma. But stroke is a problem that affects at least 10% of our clients, yet such strokes are never diagnosed acutely. Strokes in automobile wrecks happen predominantly in two ways: First, the twisting..
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Norwegian court rejects lawsuit by divers

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 9/9/2008 2:34 PM By BJORN H. AMLANDAssociated Press Writer OSLO, Norway (AP) _ A Norwegian court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by nearly 20 divers who claim their health was seriously damaged from working at extreme depths during oil exploration in the North Sea three decades ago. The Oslo..
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US researchers call off controversial autism study

Posted on September 22nd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 9/17/2008 8:32 PM By CARLA K. JOHNSONAssociated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) _ A government agency has dropped plans for a study of a controversial treatment for autism that critics had called an unethical experiment on children. The National Institute of Mental Health said in a statement Wednesday that the..
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Epilepsy and Brain Injury

Posted on August 13th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

One of the symptoms of brain injury or brain damage that doesn’t get the attention it deserves is epilepsy or post traumatic seizures. These seizures can take many forms less severe, but perhaps as disabling as the grand mal seizures that most people associate with epilepsy. For more on post..
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Iraq Long Haul PART VII: Homecoming, struggles and new beginnings

Posted on August 11th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 8/9/2008 12:01 AM BC-The Long Haul VII,1st Ld-Writethru/1869Eds: Minor edits, adds detailed Multimedia note. MULTIMEDIA: An interactive, including video, battle recreation and audio slideshows, exploring personal stories from a unit of the Minnesota National Guard during their 22 months tour of duty in Iraq will be available in the..
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Iraq Long Haul – PART VI: An ambush produces a hero

Posted on August 9th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 8/8/2008 12:00 AM BC-The Long Haul VI,2nd Ld-Writethru/2166 PART VI: An ambush produces a heroBy SHARON COHEN EDITOR’S NOTE — An insurgent ambush yields a hero, and a wounded soldier recovers back home. Sixth of a seven-part series on the longest deployment of the Iraq war.By SHARON COHENAP National..
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