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Suffering from a Dog Bite? Here’s What You Need to Know Dogs may be man’s best friend, but regardless of how much we love them, sometimes dogs bite people. If you’ve ever been on the receiving end of a dog bite, you may have found yourself wondering whether it was really serious enough to…

Have a Concussion? Watch for These Warning Signs Maybe you had a little fender bender that shook you up a little. Nothing major, but you did end up hitting your head hard. After the accident, you’re still feeling a little shaky, your head hurts a bit and you conclude you probably have a mild…

How Frequent and Costly are Motor Vehicle Accidents? Traffic crashes happen on a daily basis – you only have to surf over to your local news site to read about the latest roadway accidents – but have you ever wondered how often traffic accidents happen and how much they cost us, both individually and…

Children and the Dangers of Falls We try our best to protect our children from accidents, but by their very nature accidents are sometimes unpredictable and beyond a parent’s ability to prevent. Of the injuries that children can sustain as a result of an accident, trauma to the brain is perhaps one of the…

Study Says, Your Concussion May Actually Be a Neck Injury A concussion sounds like the furthest thing from a neck injury, but new research suggests the dividing line between the symptoms of these two quite different injuries may not be all that clear. If you’ve been diagnosed with a concussion and your symptoms are…

Texting While Driving: Do You Suffer From Cell Phone Addiction? As research results continue to pile up, it’s becoming more and more clear that texting while driving, and other forms of distracted driving, can have quite serious consequences. In fact, we only have to take a look at the local news to find articles…

What are the Signs of a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussion)? There are an endless number of accidents which can result in a traumatic brain injury (TBI). If you’ve been involved in an accident which may have seemed minor at the time, and suffered a blow of some sort to the head as a…

CT Scans for Children: A Risky Venture? The CT (computerized tomography) scan is an important tool in the health care professional’s diagnostic toolkit. With a CT scan, a physician can diagnose internal injuries and check for signs of cancer and other diseases. As the technology for delivering the scans has improved, so has the…

Can You Suffer Brain Damage from a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury? When people think about brain damage caused as a result of an accident, a serious traumatic brain injury is what most often comes to mind. You’re less likely to think that head injuries caused by common accidents such as falling from a bike,…

How is fault determined in a car accident? In fault car insurance states like Texas, fault has to be determined following a car accident so that both parties can figure out who is responsible to pay for the accident’s damage and injuries. But how is fault determined at an accident scene? ·         Citations/Accident report…