Articles, tagged with "brain damage", page 2
08th January 2010
Among the different causes of injuries among children and adults, car accidents have been reported as one of the top causes. It accounts for 55% of spinal injury cases in the US.
What kinds of injuries can I get from car accidents?
Car accident in...
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Author:
Reed Carney
03rd September 2009
Stroke (cerebrovascular Accident, CVA), is marked by ineffective blood flow to the brain. The result is cell death, brain damage, and possibility of becoming permanently disabled. Each area of the brain controls certain functions in the body. Loss of func...
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Author:
Clivir Team
01st August 2009
Breathing is easy, isn't it? We do it all the time. Good air in, bad air out. Simple, and easy, right? Wrong! In scuba diving, breathing properly serves three major purposes, and missing out on knowing how to breathe properly can lead to a messed up dive....
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Author:
Ollie Donovan
01st August 2009
Since the bumpers of two vehicles are meant to make first contact during an accident to absorb the brunt of the impact, it seems logical that all vehicles should have bumpers of equal height. Unfortunately, this is not the case: some vehicles have bumpers...
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Author:
Daniel Berry
27th June 2009
Accidents can happen very easily and frequently while swimming. On a yearly basis in the US, there are thousands of accidental drowning accidents, and many thousands more injuries that happen when swimming.The summertime is meant to be spent outdoors with...
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Author:
Greg Pate
13th June 2009
Temperatures in Los Angeles could go up to a high of 32-380C. Water parks are considered refuge from the surging summer heat.
There are lots of water parks in California to choose from. Some of the most famous are:
• The Rapids Water Slide
&bu...
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Author:
Mesriani Law Group
12th June 2009
Pedestrians beware!
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, around 5,000 people die each year in pedestrian accidents involving motor vehicles.
Also, around 78,000 victims of these accidents sustained different types of pede...
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Author:
Mesriani Law Group
26th April 2009
"An Easter Miracle" was the comment made by a family member of a recent client who had contacted me to work with him on some issues, alcoholism being the main one.
Chris from the UK has been alcohol dependant for 20 years and it had got to the point w...
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Author:
Graeme Errington
10th April 2009
Alzheimer's disease is a form of brain damage strongly associated with increasing age and is aggravated by several underlying factors such as chronic inflammation, oxidative stress (free radical damage), toxic metal accumulation and poor blood circulation...
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Author:
Keith Scott MD
03rd March 2009
Serious head injury can lead to a lifetime of debilitation and a wide range of problems. However, a great deal of progress has been made in the treatment of serious head injury over the last few years, and the emphasis is now very firmly placed on treatme...
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Author:
Nick Jervis
16th January 2009
The CDC reports that there are on average nearly 10 drowning accidents occurring every day. More than one in four fatal drowning accidents involve children ages 14 and younger. For every child who drowns, there are at least 4 others who visit the emergenc...
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Author:
Christopher M Davis, Attorney At Law
18th November 2008
Car Accident
Car accidents have been thought by many as becoming the main cause of preventable death over the next fifteen years because of the number of people injured or killed in car accidents every year. Annually, there are about 6 million car acci...
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Author:
Mesriani Law Group
27th October 2008
A stroke can cause several physical and vision problems. Some of the common impairments are hemianopia (hemianopsia), quadrantanopia, vertigo, difficulty in reading and comprehending, trouble recognizing faces, double vision, and more. Hemianopia is a con...
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Author:
AC Teeple
21st June 2008
Kernicterus is a form of brain damage caused by excessive jaundice. The substance which causes jaundice, bilirubin, is so high that it can move out of the blood into brain tissue. When babies begin to be affected by excessive jaundice, when they begin to ...
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Author:
peterhutch
23rd May 2008
Craving alcohol is a complicated process that involves several different factors. We are usually first introduced to alcohol at a young age (in our teens). Since no-one under the age of 21 (in the US) is allowed to purchase alcohol, it becomes "cool" and ...
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Author:
EdPhilips