For doctors, accurately diagnosing a patient's illness or injury is only part of the job. Another factor is figuring out what the most likely outcome will be for the patient. Given the treatment options, should the patient expect to recover fully? Or is their...
The victim of a traumatic brain injury may never completely recover, forced to live with long-lasting health complications that may require additional surgeries, therapies and medications. Whether a driver crashed his car into your bicycle, a distracted big-rig truck...
Most of the time, car accidents result in little-to-no injury and minor property damage. Sometimes, however, car accidents can be catastrophic and result in traumatic brain damage that can change someone’s life forever. If you or someone you know suffers a traumatic...
A traumatic brain injury can be a devastating condition that vastly compromises the quality of life and overall health of individuals. These injuries, which may result in major legal ramifications, have been found to have different impacts on a variety of groups of...
When people in Pennsylvania suffer a traumatic brain injury, there can be a number of different effects. Some may be physical, but others can be emotional, and these can affect every part of the person's life. These effects may be temporary or permanent. There could...
Traumatic brain injuries affect many people in Pennsylvania who have been involved in car accidents. Personal injury claims resulting from workplace accidents, slip-and-fall accidents, and sports accidents also frequently mention TBIs. What is a TBI? A TBI is a brain...
It is hard to fathom the challenges faced by victims of traumatic brain injuries. Compared to several traumatic injuries, such as the loss of a limb, there is no easy way to imagine how life may look after physical or chemical changes to the organ that dictates how we...
Serious injuries can do more than cause a few weeks of inconvenient recovery. They can end careers, disable bodies and cause lasting psychological trauma as well as physical pain. But few injuries are more serious and long-lasting than brain injuries.A pair of...
Head injuries happen all the time, from shaving accidents to broken noses. Thousands of Pennsylvanians have to seek treatment for a head injury every year. But the real danger with an otherwise minor problem is that a traumatic brain injury (TBI) could be a...
If you suffer a concussion, such as in a car accident or slip and fall, you're sure to experience a variety of symptoms. While it's your hope that these go away sooner rather than later, there's no way of knowing the impact the injury will have on the rest of your...