Scientists have found the stem cells that produce all the different cells of the skin. The discovery offers a promising development for wound repair or skin transplants. Stem cells are original cells that have the potential to regenerate tissue over a lifetime. The skin has three different types of cells — hair follicles, inter follicular epidermis, and moisturizing
Don’t Label “Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries” as “Concussions”
A child’s head injury can have devastating effects. To reduce the risk of the injured child suffering a second and perhaps worse injury, medical professionals should use the term “mild traumatic brain injury” to describe the child’s head injury rather than “concus
sion.”
In a study to be published in the February issue of the journal Pediatrics
Another Way Insurance Companies Avoid Compensating Innocent Accident Victims
Proposition 213 became law in 1996. That law says that an uninsured driver who is injured in an auto accident may not recover certain damages due her, even though the accident was entirely the fault of the other driver. The damages the innocent driver is prohibited from collecting are her non-economic damages, which include pain
Proving PTSD with MEG Imaging Studies of the Brain
A recent study shows for the first time that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be objectively diagnosed using magnetoencephalography (MEG), a non-invasive measurement of magnetic fields in the brain. Researchers at the University of Minnesota and Minne
apolis VA Medical Center published a study this month in the Journal of Neural Engineering identifying a biological
Medical Bills and Documents: What Does the Victim Need to Keep?
“medical expenses” “medical bills” “in-kind benefits”
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What Damages May a Victim Seek for an Injury?
When a jury finds that a wrongdoer is responsible for the victim’s injury, then the Judge will ask the jury to decide how much money will compensate the victim for his injuries. The law refers to the compensation award as “damages” and has divided them into two categories: economic and non-economic.
Economic injuries/damages include:
· Past medical expenses —
Who is Entitled to Compensation for Injury to a Family Member?
The spouse of a victim who has been physically injured may be entitled to compensation fro
m whoever caused the injury. The spouse may be compensated for the following losses of family relationship also known as "loss of consortium":
- love,
- companionship,
- comfort,
- care,
- assistance,
- protection,
- affection,
- society,
- moral support,
- enjoyment of sexual relations
- or the
Civil Justice Group Reports on Yaz
Today a consumer rights group reports on the risks of blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks that Yaz and Yasmin pose to women using these birth control pills. The California-based group, called The Civil Justice Research Project, also reports on the the federal lawsuits that have been filed against Bayer by the hundreds of women who have suffered
Mike Danko Named California Trial Attorney of the Year Finalist
The Consumer Attorneys of California (formerly called The Trial Lawyers of California), named my partner Trial Attorney of the Year Finalist for 2009 in honor of our work for a brain injured client in the case of Burdett v. Teledyne Continental Motors. The Trial Lawyers Association presented a video about the case at its annual
Can Traumatic Brain Injury Victims Develop PTSD?
One would assume that if a TBI victim cannot remember the injury producing event, he cannot suffer flashbacks or nightmares re-experiencing the event. Right? Wrong.
Indeed, a diagnosis of a TBI generally requires a loss of consciousness. But the victim’s loss of consciousnesss does not shield him from post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Apparently