Health

From traumatic brain injuries to long-term recovery after a crash, our Health coverage explores how personal injuries affect mind and body, the emerging medical research, and what you need to know when healing or seeking compensation. We also cover public-health implications of legal cases and safety issues.

Study Shows Similarities of Brain Injuries to Other Chronic Conditions

Have you ever experienced a jolt, blow, or forceful bump to the head? If so, you may be at risk of a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

By Claude Wyle

/ 17 Jul 2023

Study Shows Similarities of Brain Injuries to Other Chronic Conditions

Traumatic Brain Injuries Often Require Lifelong Care

New research from Ohio State University shows that not all traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) stabilize over time, as previously thought.

By Claude Wyle

/ 28 Apr 2023

Traumatic Brain Injuries Often Require Lifelong Care

San Francisco Brain Injury Lawyer Explains Some Concussion Symptoms You May Not Expect

People often focus on concussions in contact sports, but the most common ways people sustain concussions are through car, motorcycle, pedestrian, and bicycle accidents, falls, and workplace incidents.

By Claude Wyle

/ 24 Feb 2023

San Francisco Brain Injury Lawyer Explains Some Concussion Symptoms You May Not Expect

Traumatic Brain Injuries: Potential New Treatment Creates Hope for the Future

A groundbreaking new study by a San Francisco Brain Injury doctor found that the key to treating or preventing the long-term effects of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) could lie in a specific molecule.

By Claude Wyle

/ 24 Jan 2022

Traumatic Brain Injuries: Potential New Treatment Creates Hope for the Future

Brain Injury Research: CT Scans Help Doctors Estimate Future Treatment For Concussions and TBI, and Also Help Brain Injury Lawyers Prove Likelihood of Future Disability From Concussions

A new study conducted by the University of California San Francisco has shown that CT scans for patients with concussions provide valuable information about their risk for long-term issues.

By Claude Wyle

/ 2 Aug 2021

Brain Injury Research: CT Scans Help Doctors Estimate Future Treatment For Concussions and TBI, and Also Help Brain Injury Lawyers Prove Likelihood of Future Disability From Concussions

Blood Tests and Brain Injuries: Faster More Objective Diagnosis is On The Horizon

Motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, and falls are among the many accidents that could result in a brain injury. Unlike with other injuries, such as broken bones, cuts or burns, brain injuries are not easily seen by the naked eye and often need more…

By Claude Wyle

/ 6 Jul 2021

Blood Tests and Brain Injuries: Faster More Objective Diagnosis is On The Horizon

Traumatic Brain Injuries, Even Those Titled “Mild” Also Raise the Risk of Dementia

When you think of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), the image that might pop into your head may be of a soldier suffering the effects of an explosion, or maybe of an athlete like a football player who collides with another player at high speed,…

By Claude Wyle

/ 21 Jun 2021

Traumatic Brain Injuries, Even Those Titled “Mild” Also Raise the Risk of Dementia

FDA Warns Manufacturers, Retailers To Stop Selling E-cigarette Products Targeting Youth

E-cigarettes are causing a new generation of kids to become addicted to tobacco. The number of kids using vape pens and flavored types of tobacco products has grown so rapidly that the U.S. Surgeon General and other public health officials have even called it an epidemic.

By Claude Wyle

/ 8 Jun 2020

FDA Warns Manufacturers, Retailers To Stop Selling E-cigarette Products Targeting Youth

More U.S. Hospitals Suing Patients Over Medical Bills They Can’t Afford to Pay

Unaffordable hospital bills are ravaging U.S. families, with research finding that over 137 million Americans have faced hardship in 2019 due to medical costs. In fact, high health-care bills are the leading reason Americans would consider pulling funding out of their retirement savings. Even then,

By Claude Wyle

/ 14 Nov 2019

More U.S. Hospitals Suing Patients Over Medical Bills They Can’t Afford to Pay

Cancer Causing Chemical NDMA Found in Zantac Heartburn Medication

Ranitidine, which is most often sold under the brand name Zantac, is one of the most popular medications in the United States: since 2009, there have been over 15 million annual prescriptions of ranitidine, securing its rank as the 50th most highly-prescribed drug in 2016.…

By Claude Wyle

/ 7 Nov 2019

Cancer Causing Chemical NDMA Found in Zantac Heartburn Medication

Federal Crackdown on Vaping And JUUL: The Troubling History Behind EVALI, the Deadly Lung Disease Linked to E-Cigarettes

On Sep. 26, the e-cigarette company JUUL Labs, Inc. announced that CEO Kevin Burns has stepped down amid growing national outrage over vaping-related lung disease cases and ongoing investigations into the company and its vaping products. JUUL also announced that it had plans to suspend…

By Claude Wyle

/ 24 Oct 2019

Federal Crackdown on Vaping And JUUL: The Troubling History Behind EVALI, the Deadly Lung Disease Linked to E-Cigarettes

When Tradition Turns Deadly: Filing a Lawsuit for a Fraternity Hazing Accident

With roots dating to the medieval era, hazing is well-established initiation practice that is popular today in social groups like college fraternities and sororities, sports teams, and street gangs. While it does not usually end in tragedy, a growing number of fatalities in recent years…

By Claude Wyle

/ 24 Jun 2019

When Tradition Turns Deadly: Filing a Lawsuit for a Fraternity Hazing Accident