Catastrophic Injuries

What Classifies as a Catastrophic Injury?

If you have sustained an injury in an accident, it’s important to understand the different ways that your injuries might be defined by law. In some cases, the type of injury will determine the amount of damages that you may be entitled to.  There are three basic types of injuries recognized for personal injury purposes…. read more

Catastrophic Injuries: Causes, Types, & Costs

When you are injured in an accident, the possible outcomes for your health are endless. Ideally, you will suffer only modest injuries and you will be able to recover quickly. With some basic treatment and a little bit of time, you will be back to feeling like yourself.  Unfortunately, that’s not always how it works… read more

Glasgow Coma Scale score linked to post-injury epilepsy

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious condition that can alter the future of a New York resident. Victims of TBI often require extensive medical and occupational support to recover their abilities and for some, full recoveries are not possible. Recently, researchers established that the severity of TBI that a victim suffers may increase… read more

Costly spinal cord injuries are often preventable

While spinal cord injuries happen for a number of reasons, motor vehicle accidents are the most common cause of these devastating injuries. Overall, motor vehicle accidents cause almost 40% of all spinal cord injuries. As our blog has mentioned in the past, many times, a New Yorker gets injured a car accident in which the… read more

Will that settlement offer cover the long-term cost of paralysis?

Whether you face the rest of your life as a quadriplegic (also called tetraplegic) or paraplegic after an accident, the insurance companies will more than likely offer you settlements far below what you need. In the face of increasing medical costs, your inability to work (at least in the beginning) and other expenses, you might… read more

Drug Disposal: A Public Health Threat

The unsystematic disposal of prescription drugs is a currently underappreciated societal issue. Unused medications pollute landfills, ground water and drinking water, as well as enable suicide, poisoning and antibiotic resistance. These negative consequences are rampant, as 80% of monitored streams have measurable concentrations of prescription drugs, including steroids and hormones.  This ongoing problem can cause… read more

Deadly Risks of CT Scans in Children

A recent study indicates that after receiving 2 or 3 CT scans, children under 15 had triple the risk of brain cancer, as compared to the general population. After receiving 5 to 10 scans, children had triple the risk of leukemia. The study observed 180,000 children who had scans from 1985 to 2002. Of this… read more

Hope for the terminally paralyzed

Paralyzed patients who been unable to speak or move for 15 years can now direct robotic limbs to move on their own by using their minds to control the movements. This potentially life-altering technological breakthrough called BrainGate was pioneered by Brown neuroscientist John Donoghue to improve the quality of life for those paralyzed as a result… read more