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Head & Brain Injuries | InjuryBoard Beaumont

Posted by Courtney Mills
December 12, 2007 3:32 PM

People who have been exposed to high levels of second hand smoke have lasting damage to their lungs, MRIs show in a recent study of several non-smokers. Researchers examined study participants using a special kind of MRI scan to evaluate changes in the lung tissue of secondhand non-smokers. Researchers used a special kind of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to review the lungs of...

Posted by Courtney Mills
October 25, 2007 2:05 PM

The Dollar Tree Chain of Stores in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall on certain child toy jewelry products the company sells that contain excessive amounts of lead. The chain is recalling almost 200,000 pieces of play jewelry made in China, sold under the names Beary Cute, Expressions, and Sassy and Chic Children's Metal Jewelry. If eaten by...

Posted by Chrissie Cole
September 25, 2007 11:53 PM

Oxnard firefighters rescued a construction worker who suffered a head injury while working in a 40-foot-deep pit, on the 5700 block of Perkins Road today at 1:20 pm, according to authorities.The man was working in the pit of an industrial construction site when he fell about 8 feet from a ladder or scaffolding, said Chief of the Oxnard Fire Department.The construction worker sustained a moderate...

Posted by Christina Cole
March 18, 2007 1:23 PM

After falling 20ft in a rig accident, an offshore rig worker has been airlifted to the hospital with severe head injuries. The drilling rig was being towed twenty miles offshore when the accident occurred early Sunday offshore from Portland in Dorset. Portland Coastguard was able to land on the rig although the sea conditions were rough and experiencing storm force winds.The 22-year-old worker...

Posted by Christina Cole
March 03, 2007 5:47 PM

When using a Grapevine-Colleyville school district batting cage, all persons will now be required to wear a helmet under new rules that were adopted in response to a baseball player's recent and tragic death.Dallas area school district has new safety regulations in place, just three days after a 17-year-old boy died from a head injury he suffered when a baseball hit him in the back of the...

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