While traveling to visit clients in Toano, Virginia, I learned that you can preserve a child’s baby teeth, which contain stem cells, which may be able to be used later to treat spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease, and even cancer and heart disease. Karen Bodett shown here with her daughter who was involved in a…
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In prior posts, I have commented on how I have been inspired by clients and have learned so much. This past weekend I had the opportunity to watch a young client take a riding lesson at Dream Catchers near Williamsburg, Virginia. Dream Catchers is the premier therapeutic riding center between Richmond and Virginia Beach. Students…
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Roger Creager is a brilliant lawyer who has assisted the Virginia Trial Lawyers (“VTLA”) Amicus Curiae Committee with briefs, advice and insight. Because of his appellate experience, Roger Creager of the Creager Law Firm was retained by ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. to assist with our motorcycle brain injury cases presently before the Federal Circuit Court of…
Continue readingRaptiva (or efalizumab), a psoriasis drug, may cause a serious brain infection and even result in death. The Food and Drug Administration on Feb. 19 issued an advisory citing three confirmed cases — and a possible fourth case — of persons being diagnosed with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) after they were treated with Raptiva. The…
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In yesterday’s post I discussed the drug Reglan, what it is used for, why it may be dangerous and what kinds of claims are brought when a drug causes harm to innocent users. The negative side effect from this drug include a condition called “Tardive Dyskinesia.” “Tardive” means “late” or “tardy” and “Dyskinesia” (or “dyscinesia”)…
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