Birth Injuries

Women who are trying to conceive and those who are already pregnant can follow some simple tips to promote a healthy pregnancy and to avoid complications at birth.   Select a competent doctor.   Get prenatal care as soon as you think you might be pregnant.  Avoid toxic substances especially in the home and workplace.  Quit smoking – women who smoke during pregnancy are more like [...]

Massachusetts attorney Thomas M. Kiley, concentrates on legal issues surrounding cerebral palsy and birth injuries.  The New England Journal of Medicine, published a report that says preterm infants born to mothers receiving intravenous magnesium sulfate — a common treatment to delay labor — are less likely to develop cerebral palsy than are preterm infants whose mothers do not receive it.  Th [...]

Massachusetts attorney Thomas M. Kiley, concentrates on legal issues regarding cerebral palsy and birth injuries.  New research on these kinds of birth injuries indicates that some injuries can be prevented.  The research is being conducted by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes, (NINDS)    Researchers today are able to use imaging technology such as magnetic reson [...]

Massachusetts attorney Thomas M. Kiley, concentrates on legal issues regarding birth injuries.  Recent research funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes (NINDS), shows that mice with brain injuries similar to that of premature babies can actually make new neurons to help repair brain damage.  This study shows that actual recovery from a brain injury at birth can occur in the [...]

Recent studies have shown that pregnant women who are obese are more likely to have babies with rare but serious birth defects, including spina bifida, heart anomalies, cleft palate, and hydrocephaly, according to a New York Times article.    Massachusetts attorney Thomas M. Kiley, concentrates on legal issues associated with birth defects. According to the article, research recently published in the Jour [...]

Massachusetts attorney Thomas M. Kiley, wants parents of children with cerebral palsy to have hope that their children can try new alternative treatments to improve their quality of life.  The Healing Center On-line, serves as a website and a clearinghouse for finding new alternative treatments for brain-injured children.   According to the website, it is based on the belief that the brain along with [...]

A birth injury occurs when there is a trauma to the baby by the process of being born.  The trauma usually is due to the pressure of the baby passing through the birth canal and  can be caused by prolonged labor, a “breech” or legs first birth, premature birth, the use of forceps during birth, or the mother’s small sized pelvis.  Some of these traumas are caused by incorrect medical [...]

A Scranton-area obstetrician was denied an appeal in a malpractice case filed by a Pennsylvania family. According to TheTimes-Tribune.com, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel White filed a suit against Dr. Richard Behlke and OB/GYN Consultants Ltd. after their son suffered cerebral palsy caused by medical mistakes when he was born in 2001. He is also nearly blind. A common birth injury, cerebral palsy can result from medical malp [...]

Having a baby is often a joyous event, however, complications may arise, causing lifelong defects and other issues that may affect an infant’s ability to grow and enjoy life fully. Birth injuries are caused by a number of reasons, including the baby’s position or size during labor as well as the possibilities of gestational diabetes and premature or prolonged labor. Many birth injuries in Pennsylvania are mino [...]

A Philadelphia jury awarded $2.5 million to a woman from Bensalem. The jury found that Paxil had caused heart problems in her 3-year-old son who required several surgeries after his birth to fix his heart. They ruled out additional punitive damages. The case was the first of about 600 lawsuits to go to trial on claims that the GlaxoSmithKline’s Paxil antidepressant caused birth defects in children whose mothers [...]