Sentences with phrase «brain damage sustained»

$ 7.5 Million settlement in medical malpractice action against New York hospital involving brain damage sustained by 7 year old child after surgery

Highly decorated pathologist and immigrant from Africa, Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith) makes a horrific discovery as to the impact of brain damage sustained by football players who suffer repeated concussions while playing the game.

Not exact matches

I find it repulsive that a child has sustained brain damage because his parents chose to give birth far from expert medical help.

Because sure, maybe there is slightly more morbidity for mom... but she will most likely recover and the trade - off is a greater chance of a healthy alive baby... and babies that die intrapartum or sustain brain damage have no hope of recovery.

Bad outcomes for babies are death and permanent brain damage or other disability such as a brachial plexus injury sustained during a difficult vaginal delivery.

Mr. Maynard sustained serious brain damage in a fall from an exterior staircase at his house in the summer of 2014.

Smokers who sustain damage to the part of the brain called the insula have their addiction to nicotine virtually vanish.

Stephen sustained severe brain damage due to lack of oxygen for 10 to 15 minutes.

Now, U.K. researchers have probed whether professional soccer players who repeatedly head the ball sustain microscopic brain damage that is linked to dementia.

Many children with congenital heart disease (CHD)-- the most common major birth defect in the United States — sustain brain damage that often leads to problems with behavior, thinking, and learning.

American professional football and ice hockey have been in the public limelight for the possible long - term brain damage done by repeated head impacts sustained in both sports.

Infants can sustain massive brain damage, up to the loss of an entire cerebral hemisphere, and still develop into nearly normal adults; any adult who loses half the brain, by contrast, is a goner.

Early sustained cortisol exposure also damages the hippocampus, a part of the brain that regulates mood and memory.

Sustained emotional stress is known to damage the brain, and scientists wonder how it might affect the right and left prefrontal cortex, particularly in young children whose brains are still developing.

We now know better: the understanding that emotions play a crucial role in decision - making — and that people who sustain damage to the emotional parts of their brains are plagued by pathological indecision — has been one of the great revelations of...

A person whose left hand and arm are paralyzed has sustained damage to the motor areas on the right side of the brain.

Because the brain being encased in that fluid, and when it hits up against the inside of the skull, that's when you sustain damage.

To date, there are no effective treatments to prevent or reverse the damage sustained after brain injury.

If a human tried chopping wood with his head, he'd lose at least one eye and sustain permanent brain damage.

Long before the head - cracking collisions that damage the brains of football players (SN: 6/14/14, p. 12), people were sustaining head hits in other ways, the researchers note.

This is still an interesting paper but it would have been better to actually scan the 17 (or 40) patients» brains or follow up a sample of patients with brain injuries sustained in road traffic accidents, combat situations, etc., to see which ones become violent / criminal and whether this relates to the site and extent of the damage.»

Understand that people who have used Statin drugs sometimes sustain permanent damage to brain, nerves, muscles, metabolism.

Animals can sustain brain damage or even die from heatstroke in just 15 minutes.

Sustained hypertension is associated with damage to the eyes, ears, brain, and kidneys.6, 7 A hypertensive emergency occurs when the patient has a marked elevation of blood pressure and is at risk for development of end - organ damage or vascular incidents, such as cerebral hemorrhage causing neurologic signs or intraocular hemorrhage causing blindness.7

Unlike with human beings who can tolerate heatstroke for a reasonable time, dogs suffering from heatstroke only have minutes before they sustain serious damage to their brain, liver, heart and nervous system.

I specialise in representing defendants in high value and complex medical cases, particularly involving claimants who have sustained extensive brain damage following obstetric or neurosurgical treatment.

Depending on how much brain damage you have sustained, your symptoms can range from mild to severe.

As a result the injuries that could be sustained are varied: they may be limited to small cuts and bruises or they could be particularly severe ranging from spinal injuries, brain damage, and in some circumstances even death.

Regardless of the injury that has been sustained (even if it was a catastrophic injury like brain damage, birth injury, paralysis or a spinal cord injury), we will not be deterred.

The injuries sustained by a person who suffers brain damage may be permanent and life - altering and can result from medical malpractice, birth trauma, negligence, or a defective product.

The injuries sustained in a slip and fall accident may include broken bones, traumatic brain injuries, neck or spine injuries, and other soft tissue damage.

Our cases include representing clients that have sustained serious physical injuries, traumatic brain injuries, loss of life, death, and property damage caused by someone else.

When the brain is injured through some type of trauma, it sustains more damage than you may think.

Jacobs & Jacobs obtained a record verdict in the case of a boy who sustained severe brain damage at birth due to the negligence of the hospital and its personnel.

The tragic result is that some construction workers are run over by operating equipment and sustain injuries including, but not limited to, full or partial paralysis, massive internal injuries, permanent disfigurement, spinal injuries, loss of limbs, and brain damage.

In addition to winning brain damage compensation for you and your family, our goal is to improve the quality of life for our clients who have sustained a brain injury.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke reports that the symptoms of a brain injury can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the extent of the damage sustained by the brain.

Brain damage resulting in CP may be sustained by negligent use of forceps or vacuum devices to assist a difficult delivery.

Supreme Court rules against doctor in cerebral palsy negligence case On April 4, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada reversed a decision made by the British Columbia Court of Appeal, levying $ 3.2 million in damages against a Chilliwack doctor for carelessness that led to a woman's baby sustaining serious brain damage.

Recovered substantial damages for a British Olympic swimmer, who sustained a brain injury in the US and went on to successfully compete in the subsequent Commonwealth Games.

The young girl sustained permanent brain damage with memory loss and cognitive deficits.

Those who suffered any head trauma or brain injury from an accident, whether sports - related or not, may be entitled to claim damages for any harm sustained.

A baby can sustain brain damage (brain injury) or even death from such a condition if it is not treated properly.

Acted for the wife of a man who was brutally assaulted and sustained significant irreversible brain damage.

If your child sustains oxygen deprivation, brain damage may occur.

As a result of the accident, our client sustained a permanent brain damage which altered her young life.

If your child sustained brain damage from an oxygen deprivation incident due to the negligence of a caretaker or other party, that party could be held liable for your child's injuries in a Massachusetts personal injury lawsuit.

Adding to this site's ICBC Case Summary Archives, reasons for judgement were released this week by the BC Supreme Court, Victoria Registry, assessing non-pecuniary damages for a traumatic brain injury sustained in a BC vehicle collision.

The Plaintiff, Mr. Ghanim, brought an action against the Defendant, Mr. Ali, for damages arising from a traumatic brain injury and other injuries he alleged were sustained in the motor vehicle accident.

We are acting for the wife of a man who was brutally assaulted and sustained significant, irreversible brain damage as a result.