Swedish Study Concludes Half of Children with Cerebral Palsy Have Speech Problems
Recently, the results of a study that was done by medical researchers in Sweden were released to the public, […]
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British Researchers to Study Promising Gas Relating to Brain Damage at Birth 2
Throughout history, when an infant was deprived oxygen to the brain for any appreciable period of time, that child faced a very high risk of brain damage. Unfortunately, when a child is harmed in this manner, there is little that he or she could do to overcome the harm that was suffered. Generally speaking, when brain tissue is damaged and brain cells are killed in large numbers, those areas of the brain basically remain in that state for as long as that person lives. That’s one of the reasons that birth injuries like this that occur because of mistakes made by medical professionals have been so devastating.
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Dystonic Cerebral Palsy and Challenges Faced by Children
When a child is in the process of being born and that child suffers through complications during birth, one of the common problems that can arise is a lack of oxygen getting to the brain while the child is passing through the birth canal. This lack of oxygen can lead to serious brain damage in the child, and this brain damage can be permanent and lead to lifelong conditions that will make life difficult. One of the most common diagnoses as a result of this loss of oxygen to the brain during birth is cerebral palsy, and there are several different forms of this condition.
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Cerebral Palsy Statistics and Risk Factors
Cerebral palsy is a condition that affects many people throughout the United States, and people who have cerebral palsy will face a lifetime of challenges because of its presence, as there is no cure for it at this time. However, the medical research community is attempting to learn more about what causes cerebral palsy and how it can be prevented. One of the ways to begin this task is to learn more about how many people in the United States have cerebral palsy. From there, potential reasons as to why these people received this diagnosis could help advance this overall learning.
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Claims Regarding Psychiatric Medications Can Be Successful
For many years, people who have been given psychiatric medications have struggled at times to deal with the side effects that they can produce. Some of these side effects are extremely powerful, and they have even driven people to thoughts and acts of suicide. Unfortunately, the family members of those who have been given these psychotic medications have often struggled with holding negligent doctors accountable for the harm they have done by providing these powerful medications without providing the proper level of oversight. That may have all changed in New York with a recent ruling on a case stemming from Syracuse.
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Why Medical Malpractice Reform Does Not Serve Justice
There was news released recently that revealed that a controversial bill that was proposed in Michigan regarding ‘medical malpractice reform’ was defeated in the legislature. While working as New York medical malpractice lawyers obviously makes people biased in their opinions, this law would have been a terrible injustice to people who trust their medical care providers with their health only to pay a heavy price when mistakes are made during the course of this care. Hopefully proposed laws that go this far will also be defeated in other states.
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Medical Malpractice Statistical Estimate Indicate Scope of the Problem
When people become seriously ill or they are seriously injured, they are trusting their health and in many cases their lives with the medical professionals who are overseeing their care. In the vast majority of these situations, patients have a good experience and they are given the best care possible. However, that doesn’t mean that mistakes are not made in a medical setting, and unfortunately these mistakes can have dire consequences on the patients who are in need of the proper levels of medical help. As a result, many people are left wondering what they should do in response to what they feel is medical malpractice.
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Suggestions on Handling Medical Malpractice Situations
As we grow up, we are taught to respect and to trust the opinions and recommendations that are given to us by the medical professionals who treat our illnesses and our injuries. As a result, we are not generally geared towards questioning what’s said, what’s diagnosed and what’s recommended when we encounter medical problems. While this is usually good advice, as the vast majority of people who receive medical care have a positive experience, the fact of the matter is that doctors, nurses and medical center executives are human like everyone else, which means that they too will make mistakes from time to time.
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Medical Malpractice Can Occur in the Wake of Sandy
Medical professionals have a very difficult job under normal circumstances, which is why they need to go through such an