News
The human brain is protected by a cushioning layer of fluid as well as three protective layers of tissue enclosing it within the bony skull. Inside these layers of protection, the brain is a mass of delicate nerve cells responsible for controlling all bodily systems and serving as the center of human emotion and personality….
read more
A serious injury can happen in an instant, but it may leave the injury victim facing serious long-term adverse effects. When the injury occurred through no fault of the victim but was caused by someone else’s actions or negligence, it’s even more devastating. Although a personal injury claim against the at-fault party can’t erase the…
read more
A brain injury can occur from a medical condition such as a stroke or an aneurysm, but when a brain injury happens from outside forces, medical professionals describe it as a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The most common cause of traumatic brain injuries is blunt force trauma. Blunt force trauma refers to non-penetrating injuries, or…
read more
We typically consider buses as lumbering, friendly neighborhood vehicles, like large yellow school buses and crowded city buses; however, buses have accidents more often than you might think. There were 13,452 bus accidents in the U.S. in a single recent year, with 171 accidents involving one or more fatalities. Suffering injuries in a bus accident…
read more
The human nervous system contains a complex arrangement of over 170 billion cells in the brain and an extensive array of nerve cells traveling along the spinal cord and extending throughout the body. The brain serves as a command centre, sending and receiving messages from the body below through the bundles of nerves in the…
read more