Childhood Lead Poisoning Linked To Permanent Brain Damage
Lead Poisoning In Children. A new study has revealed that childhood exposure to lead can lead to permanent brain damage, US News and World Report writes. "What we have found is that no region of the brain is spared from lead exposure. Distinct areas of the brain are affected differently," study author Kim Cecil, quoted US News. … [Read more...]
Childhood Lead Exposure Linked to Adult Crime
Childhood Lead Exposure Can Lead To Brain Damage. Researchers are now reporting that lead exposure in early childhood, even as early as in the womb, can lead to permanent brain damage and may cause criminal behavior. Two separate studies indicate that people with high levels of lead in childhood grew up with not only blocks of … [Read more...]
Hospital told to pay $17 mil. for brain damage
A Girl Born With Brain Damage After An Obstetrician Delayed Her Delivery. A Cook County jury Thursday ordered St. Anthony Hospital to pay $17 million in damages to the family of a 7-year-old girl born with severe brain damage and cerebral palsy after an obstetrician delayed her delivery, lawyers for the plaintiffs said. A medical … [Read more...]
Brain damage case nets large verdict
A Federal Judge Awarded $60.9 Million To A Couple Whose Son Suffered Severe Brain Damage. A federal judge awarded $60.9 million to a couple whose son suffered severe brain damage when he was born in a Jacksonville Navy hospital two years ago. The award this week for Raiza Bravo and Oscar Rodriguez is believed to be the largest … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Claims Drug Caused Brain Damage In Twins
Drug Caused Brain Damage Lawsuit Claims. An Annapolis couple is suing Anne Arundel Medical Center and several doctors, claiming their twin sons developed brain damage as a result of drugs the mother was given during her pregnancy. Doctors failed to tell John and Karen Ring there were risks to using the drug Terbutaline, the Rings … [Read more...]
Drug Causing GIs Permanent Brain Damage
Malaria Drug May Cause Permanent Brain Damage. Six U.S. soldiers have been diagnosed by the military with permanent brain damage from an anti-malaria drug used in Iraq and Afghanistan, and health officials must reassess its safety, a U.S. senator said. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., in a letter to Health and Human Services … [Read more...]
$15M Award In Hayward Baby Malpractice Case
A Boy Suffered Permanent Brain Damage Due To A Medical Malpractice. A jury in Hayward has awarded nearly $15 million to the family of a 2- year-old boy who suffered permanent brain damage because of medical malpractice by Alameda Hospital and a doctor. The Alameda County jury found the hospital 60 percent responsible for the … [Read more...]
FDA Warns of Dangerous Lice Drug
Lice Drug Lindane Can Cause Brain Damage. Using too much Lindane to treat lice infestations can cause deadly brain or nerve damage, federal health officials warned Friday, urging strict limits on its use. They said the prescription drug should not be used on babies and "with great caution" on children. The Food and Drug … [Read more...]
Girl’s Brain Damage ‘Irreversible’
A Girl Suffered Severe And Brain Damage Irreversible. Jesica Santillan, a 17-year-old heart-lung transplant recipient, has suffered "severe and irreversible brain injury," Duke doctors said this afternoon. "Yesterday after the transplant we were all very hopeful,Jesica seemed to be doing well." said Dr. Karen Frush, an emergency … [Read more...]
