A new article from the British Medical Journal published on June 10 recommends that guidelines for Cesarean delivery as a delivery method should be reviewed. The recommendation is made in light of new evidence that links C-sections with childhood chronic disease and...
Recovering from a brain injury can be long and difficult process. Cognitive and physical therapies are time-consuming, and results often depend on the individual circumstances of the case. When someone suffers a brain injury, time saved is brain saved; the faster...
The New York Times has been publishing personal stories about the heart-wrenching experience of mothers delivering stillborn children. To the average person, such stories might seem too personal to share, the grief too deep to express properly – but to the...
Birth injuries can be the result of many different complications during the process of prenatal care, labor and delivery, and in post-partum care for your newborn. Oxygen deprivation to the infant’s brain can cause the most severe birth injuries. When the doctor...
Nursing home abuse is a shameful problem that has been growing in prevalence as our population ages. As more baby boomers live longer and move into nursing homes in their later years, increasing numbers of people are being mistreated by the staff at these facilities....
People are living longer today than they ever have, and the number of our elders who are in nursing home care keeps growing at a rapid pace. The 2010 U.S. Census recorded the greatest number of people age 65 and older in all of the history of the census at 40.3...
Parents of babies born with birth injuries wonder why their child had to have this experience. Birth injuries can range from something relatively minor that will eventually heal, to severe injuries such as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. But there are some...
