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Good health and safety often depend on accountability. Our health coverage explores how legal issues intersect with medical care, hospital safety, and patient rights in Virginia. We examine medical malpractice, misdiagnosis, unsafe facilities, and healthcare policy changes that affect patients. We also cover public health and community wellness topics.

Is “Mild” Trauma Really Mild for Your Brain?

If you’ve been told that your recent accident resulted only in a “mild” brain injury, you may feel sort of dismissed when your symptoms feel anything but mild.

By Kevin D. Sharp

/ 25 Sep 2025

Is “Mild” Trauma Really Mild for Your Brain?

Did the Anesthesiologist Cause a Hypoxia Injury?

If you go in for surgery, you are trusting that the doctors will do their job and you will emerge safe and sound. You certainly don’t think about the risk of a hypoxia injury.

By Richard Shapiro

/ 25 Aug 2025

Did the Anesthesiologist Cause a Hypoxia Injury?

Shoulder Dystocia Lawsuit: What Parents Need to Know

Every parent hopes for a happy, healthy baby at birth. But sometimes the baby suffers from shoulder dystocia. This serious injury can cause lifelong disability.

By Eric Washburn

/ 18 Aug 2025

Shoulder Dystocia Lawsuit: What Parents Need to Know

What If My Doctor Failed to Diagnose My Cancer?

A delay in diagnosis can feel like a betrayal. Surely the doctors should have known?

By James St. Clair

/ 11 Aug 2025

What If My Doctor Failed to Diagnose My Cancer?

How a Traumatic Brain Injury Can Derail Your Future

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 1.4 million people suffer a traumatic brain injury (also known as a TBI) each year.

By Kevin D. Sharp

/ 6 Jun 2025

How a Traumatic Brain Injury Can Derail Your Future

How Do I Prove a Concussion in a Personal Injury Claim?

Every year, millions of lives are impacted by traumatic brain injuries. Even head injuries classified as “mild” or moderate can have severe repercussions for your overall health.

By Kevin D. Sharp

/ 31 May 2025

How Do I Prove a Concussion in a Personal Injury Claim?

Robotics and Implant Combination: New Help for Spinal Cord Injury Victims

Spinal cord injuries have long been a source of devastating consequences. A groundbreaking development is now offering hope for those with spinal cord injuries: a combination of robotics and implant technology.

By Eric Washburn

/ 29 Apr 2025

Robotics and Implant Combination: New Help for Spinal Cord Injury Victims

Concussion Symptoms Can Linger for a Year After Brain Injury

A concussion is often considered a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), but its consequences can be far more significant and long-lasting than many people realize.

By Kevin D. Sharp

/ 9 Apr 2025

Concussion Symptoms Can Linger for a Year After Brain Injury

When Children Suffer Brain Injuries in Accidents

If your child suffers any suspected head injury, it is crucial to seek medical care immediately. Not doing so could cause serious complications, including death and the potential for lasting disabilities.

By Kevin D. Sharp

/ 5 Jul 2024

When Children Suffer Brain Injuries in Accidents

How Often Do “Sentinel Events” Happen in the Medical Industry?

The Joint Commission recently released its Sentinel Event Data on serious adverse events that occurred from Jan. 1 through June 30, 2023. Serious adverse medical events are a kind of a euphemism within the medical community that often refers to serious medical errors, never events,…

By Richard Shapiro

/ 14 Jan 2024

How Often Do “Sentinel Events” Happen in the Medical Industry?

What is a Medical Never Event?

Unless they work in the medical field, most Virginians have never heard the phrase “never event.” In a healthcare hospital setting, a never event is exactly what it sounds like; an event that should never happen. Catastrophic unintended incidents that take place during medical treatments,…

By Richard Shapiro

/ 2 Jan 2024

Medical Negligence: Legal Recourse for C-Section Injuries

The birth of a child is a momentous occasion in a family’s life. It should be filled with joy and anticipation. In modern obstetrics, cesarean sections, more generally known as C-sections, are an essential method of surgical delivery that is meant to be performed with…

By Richard Shapiro

/ 11 Sep 2023

Medical Negligence: Legal Recourse for C-Section Injuries