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The Essential Steps to Take if Your Child Suffers a Serious Injury
Epileptic seizures are often a sign of serious brain injuries. An epileptic seizure, or a fit, is a dramatic outward effect often displayed in a range from a brief loss of consciousness (mild) to a wild thrashing movement (tonic-clonic seizure). Other signs include a loss of control of the body, where a person will simply [...]
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall of the Redline D640 Bicycle due to concerns that the head tube has potential to disconnect from the bike’s frame, causing the rider to lose control of the bike and fall. This may result in serious injuries for the rider. There have been [...]
Timothy Blazonis, 21, of Haverhill, has been indicted on charges in Salem Superior Court for assault and battery on a child causing serious injury and assault and battery on the child’s mother, as well. On October 31 of this year, Blazonis reportedly shook his 4-month-old daughter, Sofia, so forcefully that the infant became unconscious. When [...]
A number of children become victims of brain injuries every year. Some of these injuries are mild while other cases could have long-term complications. Head & Brain Injury Causes There are various different ways a child can incur a head injury. One of the most common causes of minor head injuries are caused by falls. [...]
Intracranial hemorrhage, or bleeding inside the skull, is a type of traumatic brain injury that most affects prematurely born infants with low weights. All newborns are at risk of suffering bleeding in or around the brain. However, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that for premature infants the risk is [...]
Last month, an article came out that highlighted the hidden dangers in what your baby may be really drinking with each bottle you make. Bisphenol A (BPA) is a man-made chemical that is found in a vast number of products, ranging from plastic to compact discs to baby bottles. When a bipartisan agreement was made [...]
We have been hearing a lot about concussions in the news lately. Concussions, though a mild form of TBI, have seen a rise as sports-related injuries in youth athletes all across the U.S., so it comes as no surprise that the National Football League has engaged in more efforts to protect its young players from [...]
An update out a few weeks ago shed some light on the disturbingly shocking news story of an 18-year-old East Boston woman who allegedly threw her newborn baby out of a window from the second floor of her home. Eva Flores had allegedly been raped in El Salvador months prior to the incident and had [...]
If your child experiences a head injury in an accident or a fall, he or she may be at risk for an epidural hematoma. Epidural hematomas can happen when the head suffers some type of trauma and blood builds up between the skull and the dura mater, which is basically a system of membranes that [...]
