At ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., we will engage the services of experts to put together a “Life Care Plan.” This special report helps us to understand the future needs (and costs) of clients with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord paralysis and other catastrophic injuries and permanent disability. In the next several posts, we will look at…
Continue readingThe American College of Physicians (“ACP”) recommends that you see a doctor IF: 1. Pain runs down the leg below the knee 2. The leg, foot, groin or rectal area feels numb 3. Fever, nausea or vomiting, stomachache, weakness, or sweating occurs 4. Bowel or bladder control is lost 5. Pain was caused by an…
Continue readingMany people have low back pain at some time in their lives. It can become chronic, meaning that it comes and goes over months to years. In the “ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE” it is suggested that IF YOU HAVE LOW BACK PAIN: *Do not lift heavy things or do strenuous work *Try to keep doing…
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I have been very fortunate throughout my legal career. I have been able to work with, and learn from, some of the greatest lawyers in the country. My first job in the legal profession was before I had even applied to law school. After graduate school in Applied Anatomy and Physiology, I worked as a…
Continue readingThe Associated Press reported on 5/22/08 that Medtronic will be settling the Justice Department’s fraud case against it for $75 million. The case stems from allegations that spinal catheter maker Kyphon fraudulently caused hospitals to file inflated reimbursement claims with Medicare for back surgery known as kyphoplasty. Kyphon was acquired in November of 2007 by…
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