A 55-year-old San Mateo resident was killed last Friday evening after trying to move a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. power line that had snapped and fallen across a parked car according to a PG&E spokesman said. Enrique Tello was injured at 6:30 p.m. on South Norfolk Street near Kehoe Avenue. He was taken from […]
Personal Injury/Wrongful Death
Medical costs 50 million & rising for Giants fan
Lawyers for the San Francisco Giants fan who was brutally beaten outside Dodger Stadium say his medical care is expected to cost more than $50 million.The figure was part of a damage estimate included in papers filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court. The filings come in a lawsuit Stow and his children have brought […]
Over 5000 children injured in falls from windows every year
Every year more than 5000 children are treated in U.S. hospitals for serious injuries including brain and spinal cord injuries and in some cases death all related to falls from an open windows according to a new study out this week in the journal Pediatrics. In recent decades, the subject of children who fall from […]
Light therapy may improve cognitive function after TBI
An at-home, daily application of light therapy via light-emitting diodes (LEDs) placed on the forehead and scalp led to improvements in cognitive function and post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to a groundbreaking study published in Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. […]
Study reviews treatment protocals for Neuroblastoma
Treating the rare children’s cancer neuroblastoma with a high dose of chemotherapy that is now the standard in Europe has proved to be most effective in an 18-country study comparing treatment regimes. Outlining the study’s results, the Institute of Cancer Research in a statement said the European protocol offered 16% better disease-free survival at three […]
