Thomas Edison asserted that “the chief function of the body was to carry the brain around.” It is imperative that an injury to the brain is not missed or discounted. Recently, AnthroTronix received FDA clearance to bring to market its [ Read More ]
Brain injury
A Wrongful Death of a Minor Child – What does a Lawsuit Accomplish?
I live in the Council Rock School District where three Council Rock Students were recently killed in a horrible auto accident allegedly caused by a 15 year old unlicensed driver. Each of my three sons, 19, 16, and 11, knew [ Read More ]
Think Before You Text- You Could Be Found Guilty of Causing an Accident
Can a person sitting their living room be responsible for a motor vehicle accident? Maybe, says a New Jersey court. In a previous blog posted January 9, 2013, I described how texting while driving is the new drunk driving. In [ Read More ]
5 Serious Diseases Can Be Caused by Brain Injury Says the VA
The Veteran’s Administration (“VA”) has been forced to address traumatic brain injury suffered by returning war veterans. On December 10, 2012, the Veterans’ Affairs Department officially recognized, in an administrative ruling, the association between traumatic brain injury and five separate [ Read More ]
The Diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury as Essential First Step to Recovery
It is now five weeks since my middle son suffered a concussion in wrestling. He was flipped onto his head by one of his practice partners. He felt a headache and was a little dizzy but continued to practice. He [ Read More ]
How to Prove Post-Concussion Symptoms are Real
Just as absence of loss of consciousness does not preclude a diagnosis by a medical professional of concussion, similarly, the affects of a brain injury on any one individual have been understood to not fit any particular time frame of [ Read More ]