You may feel disheartened after receiving a complex medical diagnosis from your health care provider in Georgia. Sorting through the information and trying to make sense of how your condition will impact your life can cause confusion and emotional distress. Feelings...
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How much do burn injuries cost?
When you think about traumatic injuries, burns might not immediately come to mind. However, they are among the most expensive and agonizing. Burns are also more common than you might think in catastrophic car accidents. This is especially true if people cannot...
Using communication to set expectations for medical care
People rely on their doctors to provide them with quality medical advice and treatment. When poor communication gets in the way, the risk of misdiagnosis, surgical errors and other forms of malpractice can compromise patient safety and well-being. While doctors agree...
What you need to know about traumatic brain injuries
A brain injury occurs when an external factor disrupts the normal function of your brain. For example, falls, car accidents and other traumatic events can all result in a traumatic brain injury. The Brain Trauma Foundation states that every year in the U.S., 2.5...
Can a wrongful death claim punish the guilty party?
Wrongful death lawsuits are civil cases. Within the legal system, civil cases do not involve sentences. Instead, civil cases result in rewards. You may wonder then if you can use a wrongful death lawsuit to punish the person responsible for your loved one's death....
What is the prognosis for spinal cord paralysis?
Spinal cord paralysis provides a major roadblock for medical professionals. The medical community has worked for years to understand and cure paralysis-related injuries. Unfortunately, progress moves slowly. But the good news is, progress still happens even if it...
How is cerebral palsy diagnosed?
Cerebral palsy is not one disorder but a group of disorders. Most often, children develop cerebral palsy in infancy. Often, this occurs due to abnormal brain development, explains the CDC. While the symptoms of cerebral palsy or CP may differ from person to person,...
How common is amnesia after a car accident?
While there are no reliable statistics about memory loss after car accidents, concussions and other traumatic brain injuries are shockingly common. Put simply, if you hit your head during a crash, you may sustain a TBI. If your brain smashes into your skull during...
How does blindness occur?
There are many injuries that can lead to blindness. Your eyes are rather delicate. If you suffer a severe blow to the head or some other injury to your face, it could cause permanent damage to your eyes that leads to blindness. According to the U.S. National Library...
Is there a time limit to file a wrongful death lawsuit?
In the legal system, the law often sets time limits for filing a case. This is true in the criminal and civil systems, and the time limit is known as the statute of limitations. The idea behind the statute of limitations is to allow for cases to come before a court...
