Brain injuries are increasingly gaining attention in the media and have become known to be part of a silent epidemic for professional athletes, as well as for many hurt in the work place. A brain injury, also known as traumatic brain injury (TBI), is often overlooked and misdiagnosed. One reason for this is because a brain injury it is not obvious or ugly. There is no bright red cast, no stitch…

Over 600,000 hysterectomies are performed each year in the United States, and nearly half of the procedures are minimally invasive. Over the years, a growing number of these procedures are performed with the aid of power morcellators.

Power morcellators are cutting tools used by general and gynecological surgeons in minimally invasive laparoscopic hysterectomy and myomectomies. In a myomecto…

What to do when you experience a workplace injury
When a person is injured on the job while in the course and scope of employment, it is imperative that a supervisor or the human resource department is notified immediately. Not doing so could jeopardize losing all benefits of the claim, including lifetime re-opening rights.

In Nevada, workers’ compensation is a no-fault insurance system whi…