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Birth Injury Award $8.5 Million Due to Medical Negligence

According to Seedol, Bayonne Medical Center has agreed to settle a birth injury lawsuit involving a 5 year old boy who suffered a birth injury as a result of a medical negligence. The hospital has agreed to pay the boy’s family $8.5 million after three days of trial. The boy’s birth injury requires life-long medical case and future medical expenses as he is unable to walk or see, and is unable to hold his head up on his own. The child also suffered from seizures and will continue to be in need of medical care due to severe brain damage that occurred during his delivery. Upon undergoing delivery preparations, everything seemed normal as the baby’s parents awaited his birth. However, according to testimony, around 9AM concerns quickly arose when the heart monitor attached to the mother’s abdomen showed the baby’s heart rate suddenly plunged from 140 beats per minute to…
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Factors that can lead to Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a  common disorder in America.  In fact, about 764,000 U.S. citizens show symptoms of CP including children and adults.  About 8,000 babies are diagnosed with CP each year. Die Hard: With a Vengeance ipod At Close Range full movie Dollman ipod download The Ten The Perfect Man psp Midnight Chronicles divx The Road to El Dorado video There are many factors that can lead to CP including premature birth, low birth weight, inability of the placenta to provide sufficient nutrients and oxygen, blood type incompatibility between mother and baby, getting infected while being pregnant, bacterial infection, a long period of time during delivery that the baby is unable to get oxygen, and jaundice after birth. Kull the Conqueror psp 1492: Conquest of Paradise trailer Juice rip Expectant mothers can take steps that can help prevent many of these factors  but it is up to the medical…
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Research Shows Rehabilitation Benefits of Using Nintendo's Wii

Spartacus the movie An article that will be published in the October 2008 print edition of the American Physical Therapy Association’s journal Physical Therapy details the case study of a teen afflicted with cerebral palsy who uses Nintendo’s Wii as part of his physical therapy. Titan A.E. buy Researchers noted measurable improvement in visual-perceptual processing, postural control, and functional mobility after 11 training sessions over a four-week period using the popular digital gaming system. The 13 year-old continued his normal physical therapy during the sessions. The Witches of Eastwick buy It’s a Wonderful Life To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first published report on using the Wii for rehabilitation, though there have been numerous press reports about use of the Wii in clinical settings as well as some scientific articles on the physiological effects of using the Wii. Throttle ipod The report underscores how important it is that victims…
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