Sentences with phrase «of a brain damaged child»

In another medical malpractice case against NYCHHC that Paul tried, the jury awarded $ 5.2 million to the family of a brain damaged child.

Most recently, along with his partners, Bruce J. Babij and George S. Tolley, III, Henry was recognized as Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2009 by the Maryland Association for Justice for his dedicated representation of a brain damaged child injured at birth as a result of obstetrical malpractice.

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e raised a brain - damaged child (and two others) into adulthood, and the theme of the wounded child, the imperfection that shatters our lives, runs through much of his work.

Some would insist that each life is valuable, others might question whether some children with very severe brain damage are in any real sense capable of human life.

Sadly, in the case of Deanna Laney, she religiously murdered two of her children, Luke age six and Joshua age eight, and had caused severe brain damage to 14 month old Aaron.

Sadly, in the case of Deanna Laney, she religiously mur * dered two of her children, Luke age six and Joshua age eight, and had caused severe brain damage to 14 month old Aaron.

«For 80 percent of the common chemicals in everyday use in this country we know almost nothing about whether or not they can damage the brains of children, the immune system, the reproductive system, and the other developing organs,» said Dr. Phil Landrigan, a pediatrician and director of the Children's Environmental Health Center at Mount Sinai School of Mchildren, the immune system, the reproductive system, and the other developing organs,» said Dr. Phil Landrigan, a pediatrician and director of the Children's Environmental Health Center at Mount Sinai School of MChildren's Environmental Health Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Because the brain of the young athlete is still developing, with even subtle damage leading to learning deficits adversely affecting development, and with studies showing younger athletes recover more slowly than adults, a more conservative approach to concussions in children and teens than for older athletes is recommended.

Secondly, before you make comments such as «Sleep training doesn't seem worth it when there is a risk of damaging my child's brain development», PLEASE, read the actual studies.

The rear facing position is safest because, if you are hit from behind and your child is facing forward, the severity of whip lash can be brain damaging, now if there legs hang over the seat, and they are rear facing they have the risk of breaking a leg, but there brain and stem will still be intact.

Lead consumption is linked to behavioral problems and lower IQs in children because of the damage it inflicts on the developing brain.

Except for perhaps some sort of catastrophic injury to mother (e.g. post partum bleed so severe it ends in brain damage), I think most mothers would choose to trade injury to themselves for the life of their child.

This person has her child's whole life to come to terms with the gravity of brain damage.

You shouldn't ignore the persistent hiccups in your child, since this can be a symptom of brain damage; various diseases of the stomach, liver or lungs; injuries of the spinal cord and the chest.

If you think it's ethical, do you think it's ethical of the doctor to withhold the same recommendation from the next woman with the same indication, or would it be ethical for him to go two times a day, every day, to the home of the woman who turned out to have needed the intervention to help her with the wheelchair of her brain - damaged child for the next 30 years?

The parents are always upset with US as they view it as us intervening and ruining their birth experience (when on head cooling they often can't hold, breastfeed, and do all the other fun and crunchy things they wanted to do after delivery), instead of seeing it as us trying to save their child from a lifetime of brain damage.

While the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had earlier stated that BPA — the chemical that hardens plastics in products like bottles and cups, and is used in linings of metal cans — is safe; the agency announced last month that a few new studies have underlined «some concerns» about BPA's possibility of potentially damaging the brain of fetuses, infants and children.

What always bothered me about the CIO research is that they cite how much a child cries as a cause of brain damage.

It was traumatic because, had I not chosen to have the care of an obstetrician and go for a hospital birth, had I bought into this home birth culture that is huge in the city where I live, my son would likely not be here today or we'd have been left with a child with severe brain or neurological damage.

A growing catalogue of peer - reviewed studies clearly assert that CIO harms normal brain development and damages a child's capacity to develop secure attachment bonds — essential to the cultivation of empathy, pro-social behavior, and future, healthy long - term relationships.

Of course everyone wants a good «experience» but choosing to give birth in a location that dramatically increases your child's risk of death or brain damage to get it is a poor tradOf course everyone wants a good «experience» but choosing to give birth in a location that dramatically increases your child's risk of death or brain damage to get it is a poor tradof death or brain damage to get it is a poor trade.

It forever damages brain cells, robbing a child of IQ points and the ability to pay attention.

Parent education and training offers a helpful foundation by assisting parents to increase their knowledge about FASDs and how the associated brain damage altered their child's way of learning and interacting with the world.

According to a recent article in Daily Mail, Dr. Nils Bergman, of the University of Cape Town, South Africa, says that «Their hearts were also under more stress... Sleeping alone makes it harder for mother and child to bond — and damages the development of the brain, leading to bad behaviour as the child grows up...»

Personally, I am not comfortable leaving my children to cry on their own for any length of time, but I do recognize that there aren't specific scientific studies saying that leaving a baby to cry for 5 or 10 minutes would cause damage to their brains.

Hib meningitis causes death in 1 out of 20 children and permanent brain damage in up to 20 percent of those who survive.

Children who were exposed to significant levels of mercury while in the womb, have displayed delayed walking and talking, poor attention span, and irreversible brain damage.

Without a suspicion of child abuse and any resulting intervention with the parents or caregivers, these children may be shaken again, worsening any brain injury or damage.

Last month, researchers led by Beth Stevens of Boston Children's Hospital reported that a process in which microglia prune excess synapses in the brain during early life can turn on inappropriately later on, possibly triggering Alzheimer's or other disorders marked by damage to connections between brain cells.

The idea is to improve the functional vision of children who have sight issues due to a brain injury rather than damage to the eye itself.

The causes of blindness in children are varied, but cerebral visual impairment (damage to areas of the brain associated with vision) is among the most common.

Saatchi, which is owned by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw over a field of competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 - D display that uses special optics and software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds on which cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged eye and sending signals directly to the brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults on health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.

Exposure to high levels of mercury, often from consumption of fish and other seafood, can damage developing brains, reducing children's IQs.

To build their tool, Alison Galvani, from Yale University in New Haven, USA, and colleagues focused on the two known serious consequences of Zika infection: microcephaly, a condition in which children are born with a small brain causing mental impairment, and Guillain - Barré syndrome or GBS, a potentially fatal disease that can cause neural damage and paralysis.

By the 1950s, a generation of children suffered from brain damage and neurological impairments.

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is usually caused by Bordetella pertussis; it primarily strikes children, causing frightening bouts of coughing, shortness of breath, and sometimes brain damage or even death.

Although Brazil has had more than 4000 suspected cases of microcephaly, it has confirmed only 270 cases of this brain - damaging condition in children born to mothers who had evidence of having been infected with the virus.

«Decades ago, we thought children's brains functioned much like those of brain - damaged adults,» she says.

May 15, 2006 Full year of treatment helps infants and children with toxoplasmosis The first long - term study shows that treatment with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine (two anti-parasitic drugs) during the first year of life leads to a lasting reduction in brain and eye damage for children with congenital toxoplasmosis.

With revelations spread over more than a decade, between late 2003 and 2017 Brian Deer pursued a landmark public interest investigation for The Sunday Times of London, the United Kingdom's Channel 4 Television network and BMJ, the British Medical Journal, into allegations linking the three - in - one measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) with claims of a terrifying new syndrome of bowel and brain damage in children.

«We are also launching further studies to determine whether children who have microcephaly born to mothers infected by the Zika virus is the tip of the iceberg of what we could see in damaging effects on the brain and other developmental problems.»

Additionally, children and those who are pregnant or breastfeeding are advised to avoid all forms of Oregon grape, as berberine - the main active component - can cause brain damage in infants and young children.

Labelling a child this way is nothing short of child abuse, let alone subjecting them to brain - damaging drugs on the basis of this diagnosis.

Laura Hayes, BA, (with distinction from Stanford University) is the mother of 3 young adult children, all of whom suffered some level of vaccine injury, one to the point of permanent and severe brain damage and disability.

We know with confidence that long - term ketosis poses substantial risk for health complications because thousands of children have followed ketogenic diets over the years as a means of suppressing intractable grand mal seizures unresponsive to drugs and procedures, seizures that can lead to irreversible brain damage if not stopped.

It is the story of how adults can work to «reset» children whose brains and emotions have been damaged by exposure to violence, trauma, or neglect.

When Ashley was six, she started showing signs of precocious puberty, which is common in children with brain damage.

PLOS 3 - D imaging provides new insights to Paleolithic child's skull trauma 3D imaging of a Paleolithic child's skull reveals potentially violent head trauma that likely lead to brain damage, according to a study published July 23, 2014 in...

Common Feline Anesthetic May Cause Brain Damage: Several studies have hinted that use of ketamine, an anesthetic drug closely related to PCP («angel dust») in children may result in alterations in learning ability and memory.

In an online survey of more than 3,300 parents, the group found that the average child is exposed through body care products to 27 chemicals a day that have not been found safe for them, including some that are associated with brain and nervous system damage, hormone disruption, allergies and cancer.