Been feeling a little foggy lately? Have you been more confused than usual or a bit forgetful? A study published in the July 16, 2014, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, suggests that you might have gently bumped... Read More

A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) called into question the common practice of administering blood transfusions to patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Trauma doctors have long thought that blood transfusions would be beneficial. Patients with a... Read More

On Tuesday, June 10, 11-year-old Alijah Jones and his mother Stephanie Stewart won their cerebral palsy lawsuit against Ohio’s MetroHealth Medical Center and Dr. Steven Weight, when a jury awarded the boy and his mother $14.5 million for birth injuries allegedly caused by medical malpractice. Birth... Read More

For the fourth consecutive year the state of Washington has seen a significantly higher rate of rare, deadly birth defects in babies born there. The latest report from 2013 revealed that the disturbing trend continues: seven cases of anencephaly—a condition in which major portions of... Read More

The parents of a girl who died just days after she suffered a forceps delivery birth injury at a Texas hospital plan to sue their obstetrician. Allen Coats and his fiancée Rachel Melancon plan to file a lawsuit against Dr. George T. Backardjiev, who delivered... Read More

The family of four-year-old Sean Cobbs, who suffered severe brain injury during a failed Caesarean section in 2009, was granted a malpractice award of $28 million by a federal judge in East St. Louis, Illinois on December 20, 2013. U.S. District Judge David R. Herndon... Read More

A Pennsylvania hospital and one of its physicians must pay a $55 million medical malpractice award to a couple and their 4-year-old son who has cerebral palsy as a result of negligence during his delivery. Due to a deal that was reached prior to the... Read More

The parents of a twelve year-old girl with cerebral palsy due to a brain injury at birth have tentatively reached a €2.6 million (about $3.55 million) settlement of their legal claims against the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE). The family, who lives in Ireland, contend... Read More