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Poor Communication Causes Debilitating Brain Injury in 4-Year-Old

In one of the most tragic examples of medical malpractice reported recently, a 4-year-old girl with a heart defect was suffocated by cold medication at a Washington hospital in 2008, causing her a devastating brain injury. After nearly five years of litigation, a judge has ordered the hospital an unprecedented $15.2 million in damages to the now 8-year-old girl...

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FDA: Depakote in Pregnancy Could Cause IQ-Lowering Brain Damage

The Food and Drug Administration recently put out a warning that the drug Depakote, known generically as divalproex sodium, taken during pregnancy may cause brain damage that could lower the child’s IQ by as much as 11 points, on average. The drug, which is prescribed to treat seizures, bipolar disorder and chronic migraines, already carries a warning that it...

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Woman Sues Doctors for Brain Injury After Fetal Distress Ignored

What would you do if you were in the midst of delivering your child and you thought something was wrong? Ideally, you wouldn’t have to worry, because your doctors and nurses have you hooked up to a variety of machines that are keeping track of how you and your baby are doing. They have years of training; you just...

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