On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Apr 20, 2015 | Brain Injuries
Girls’ Lacrosse in Florida is the latest organized sport to adopt protective headgear for players. According to a recent New York Times article, Florida became the first state to require protective headgear for high school girls’ lacrosse players. If you’re not...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Feb 24, 2015 | Brain Injuries
Youth sports, tackle football in particular, have been under fire lately as the discovery and continued research regarding the connection between playing and the potential for impaired cognitive development and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). A recent Medscape article...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Nov 30, 2011 | Brain Injuries, Product Liability / Defective Products
Due to the serious risk of injury to babies, CPSC and Bumbo International Trust of South Africa (“Bumbo International”) are urging parents and caregivers to never place Bumbo Baby Seats on tables, countertops, chairs or other raised surfaces. Infants aged...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Aug 8, 2011 | Brain Injuries, Personal Injury/Wrongful Death
An at-home, daily application of light therapy via light-emitting diodes (LEDs) placed on the forehead and scalp led to improvements in cognitive function and post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to a groundbreaking...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Feb 5, 2011 | Brain Injuries, Personal Injury/Wrongful Death
New research by the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides the first pathological evidence that repetitive head trauma experienced in collision sports...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jan 29, 2011 | Brain Injuries, Personal Injury/Wrongful Death
A study by researchers at Purdue University suggests that some high school football players suffer undiagnosed changes in brain function and continue playing even though they are impaired. “Our key finding is a previously undiscovered category of cognitive...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jan 24, 2011 | Brain Injuries
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has begun enrollment for the first Phase I safety study approved by the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the use of a child’s own umbilical cord blood stem cells for traumatic brain injury...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | May 29, 2004 | Brain Injuries
Brain injury is the leading cause of death for those under the age of 45. Many who suffer mild to moderate brain injury do not appear to be injured and they have few outward physical manifestations of personal injuries. In short, they “look” good, despite...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Feb 12, 2004 | Brain Injuries
Traumatic brain injuries bring more than 400,000 people to hospitals every year. Approximately three-quarters are diagnosed as having suffered a mild to moderate injury – injuries that can be subtle, persistent, and long term. Yet, many times survivors suffer...