Anyone who has been in Lexington or Richmond is familiar with one significant issue: There are dogs on the loose regularly. It’s expected with so many farms and city areas that at least some dogs would get out and roam. Unfortunately, it’s extremely common, and those...
Personal Injury
How common are traumatic brain injuries?
Since they are “invisible” injuries, it’s often easy for people to overlook just how common brain injuries are in day-to-day life. Sometimes, even the people who suffer from these injuries do not know that it happened. A concussion is a TBI, for instance, but people...
Traumatic Brain Injuries Can Have Long-Term Effects on Victims
A car accident can leave a Kentucky victim with any number of injuries. While many victims of vehicle collisions sustain minor harm such as cuts and bruises, others suffer serious trauma that may impact their long-term health. In the wake of a car accident it is...
Spinal injuries to the neck: Acute injuries with lasting symptoms
Spinal injuries can be absolutely devastating. Depending on the area that is injured and how serious the injuries are, a spinal injury could leave someone with chronic pain, constant dysfunction or complete immobility. Spinal injuries are considered to be catastrophic...
Spinal cord injury diagnosis is a challenging process
A person who has been in a car wreck can suffer considerable injuries, including immense damage to the spine. Immediate care is necessary for a patient who has a spinal cord injury. Often, the care will begin at the scene of the accident. A person who may have this...
4 sections of the spinal cord
One element of a spinal cord injury that has a big impact on your healing is the location of the injury. Effects from the damage always occur below the level of the injury, which means that more impacts are usually felt when they are higher on the spine. There are...
Texting at the wheel plays a role in many Kentucky collisions
Although mobile phones have made distracted driving more overt and noticeable, they certainly aren't the origin for this particular safety issue. People have found excuses to focus on anything other than the road in front of them while driving since vehicles were...
Dealing with invisible brain injuries: “You seem fine”
One of the most emotionally trying difficulties that people deal with after a brain injury is simply that it seems like no one really understands what they're dealing with or how it has changed their life. It's hard for them to connect with people. They can't find...
Medical malpractice panels eliminated
The state Supreme Court recently ruled that those seeking medical malpractice lawsuits need not go before a medical review panel. This overturns the 2017 law that required panel approval before a case was allowed to proceed to trial.The opinion was written by Chief...
Airbags are largest safety recall in U.S. history
Kentucky drivers know that getting behind the wheel of any vehicle has its risks, which are multiplied by the carelessness and/or inexperience of other drivers. Distracted, texting, speeding, eating, sleepy and drug- or alcohol-impaired drivers cause untold amounts of...