2016 Articles
Posted on Dec 23, 2016 By Matthew Willens
Each years, thousands of Americans undergo some kind of surgery, and when they do so they trust their surgeon with their life and well-being. However, in some cases this trust is broken, and the ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2016 By Matthew Willens
Pregnancy and childbirth are extremely delicate procedures that require the highest level of care on the part of the pregnant mother, family and friends, and most importantly, the medical ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2016 By Matthew Willens
Therapeutic hypothermia is a practice of reducing the body’s temperature below normal, or cooling the body below the normal required body temperature. Some studies have shown that this practice ...
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Posted on Aug 30, 2016 By Matthew Willens
Infant Torticollis is also known as loxia or wry neck, and occurs when an infant’s neck is twisted. It results in the head tilting to one side and the baby’s chin points upwards. Infant ...
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Posted on Aug 24, 2016 By Matthew Willens
It is not uncommon for infants to be born with broken bones. Our birth injury lawyer Matthew Willens explains that broken bone injuries can occur due to various reasons during childbirth. For example, ...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2016 By Matthew Willens
March is the National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, and culminates in National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day on the 25 th March. This month, everyone who is affected by cerebral palsy, along with ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2016 By Matthew Willens
New parents completely rely on their child's doctor to guide them, especially when it comes to caring for their newborns. They look up to the doctors for proper medical information with regards to ...
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Posted on Feb 19, 2016 By Matthew Willens
Cerebral palsy is a condition caused when brain damage occurs due to lack of oxygen reaching the brain for a long period of time, during or before the birthing process. There are a lot of factors like ...
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Posted on Feb 5, 2016 By Matthew Willens
Cerebral Palsy is a disorder that can result out of a number of pregnancy related complications, either caused by accidental birth injuries, or a medical error during pregnancy, birth, or after ...
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