A few months ago, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences published a study that indicates that an inability to identify specific smells can be a predictor of brain injury. The study, “led by Air Force Colonel (Dr.) Michael Xydakis, associate professor of Surgery in the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine at the Uniformed [...]
The spinal cord is a delicate piece of work. Rooted at the brain, the spine runs down the back and its ingenious design allows you to twist and bend and do back flips and, if you’re lucky, touch your toes. Throughout the bone and discs and fluid run a network of nerves and nerve endings [...]
The TriStar Skyline Trauma Center was placed back on provisional status for another year by the Tennessee Board of Licensing Health Care Facilities, after inspectors published a report citing numerous failures by the staff. According to The Tennessean, Skyline fared poorly when it came to people with traumatic brain injuries, claiming that a number of [...]
The TriStar Skyline Trauma Center was placed back on provisional status for another year by the Tennessee Board of Licensing Health Care Facilities, after inspectors published a report citing numerous failures by the staff. According to The Tennessean, Skyline fared poorly when it came to people with traumatic brain injuries, claiming that a number of [...]
We know that brain damage can affect all of your other body parts and systems, but is the reverse also true? Can a traumatic accident or injury to your spinal cord cause you to develop brain damage? Researchers are the University of Maryland School of Medicine think that it can. They have been studying the [...]
Any time you’re involved in an accident or event that results in an injury, it’s serious business. Some injuries, however, are designated as catastrophic: the effects of the injury are so severe that they could affect your life in a long-term or permanent way. Truly catastrophic injuries are usually the result of a serious accident, [...]
When doctors, lawyers, insurance companies and judges talk about “traumatic brain injuries,” they’re not discussing a bump on the head. A traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is an injury so severe that it has lasting repercussions on your life. Banging your head on the car when you get out certainly hurts, but it’s unlikely that [...]
It’s generally common knowledge that personal injury victims can sue for certain kinds of damages. Those damages fall into two main categories: economic damages, and non-economic damages. Economic damages relate to your expenses – medical bills, lost wages, car repair bills, funeral bills or future earning capacity are some examples – and in Tennessee, you [...]
When a personal injury victim files a lawsuit for compensation, that person’s lawyer may use an accident reconstructionist to help build your case. Though they’re primarily used in cases involving motor vehicle crashes, an accident reconstructionist could help build a plaintiff’s case regardless of what kind of incident occurred. What a reconstructionist does It can [...]
Yes, you read that correctly: Inflatable. Sumo. Suits. Because nothing says “tolerance for another culture’s art” than blow-up fat suits. But that’s a thought for another day. What we’re looking at today is the growing number of lawsuits surrounding this product, which claim that participating in mock sumo wrestling while in the suits could lead [...]
