The birth of a child is a happy and life-changing event for most. Parents look forward to having a healthy child. In certain cases, however, during labor or because of medications prescribed by doctors during pregnancy, birth injuries may occur. Expectant New Jersey and New York residents will find it interesting to learn that...

The birth of a child is a life changing but exciting event for most families. However, despite all the advances in obstetrics, labor and delivery complications such as birth hypoxia, asphyxia, issues with anesthetics and cardiac arrest can occur which may put both the mother and the infant at risk. Further, postpartum hemorrhaging is...

The family of 17-year-old twins, one healthy and the other with cerebral palsy, won a multi-million dollar lawsuit for negligence filed against the hospital where the twin girls were born. The twins were born three months early but as a result of negligence during labor, one twin suffered a birth injury resulting in cerebral...

All expectant parents hope to have a healthy baby. Many of them, particularly women in high or moderate risk pregnancies, will check the health and wellbeing of their fetus by opting for genetic testing to rule out chromosomal abnormalities such as Down syndrome. Residents of New Jersey may be interested to know that clinical trials...

The birth of a child is a joyous, life-changing event. However, birth injuries resulting from medical negligence during labor and delivery can change that joyous event to a heartbreaking, life-altering event. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 4.1 million babies are born in the U.S. each year and about...

A study has linked exposure to a chemical, chlorpyrifos, to brain abnormalities in children. Chlorpyrifos is a component of some pesticides, such as Dursban made by chemical giant Dow Chemical. The pesticide is mostly used in agricultural areas. A restriction preventing use in residential areas has been in place for the past 12...

According to research released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the likelihood of a child being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder increased substantially between 2006 and 2008 - more than 20 percent. Today, doctors diagnose at least one in 88 children with autism, Asperger syndrome or another related disorder. Researchers...