4th of July Special – Thanks to the Founding Lawyers
Happy 4th of July and thank God for our Founding Fathers and their vision which has kept America vital for over 235 years. I read an interesting book recently, The Founding Lawyers and America’s Quest...
View ArticleMassive Explosion and Fire at Texas Chemical Plant Causes Public Safety Concerns
A huge explosion this morning at the Magnablend chemical plant in Waxahachie, Texas caused a massive fire which created a potentially dangerous situation for the area around the plant. According to...
View ArticleWorker Killed in Industrial Workplace Incident at Texas Instruments in Dallas
A worker at a Texas Instruments plant in Dallas, Texas was killed Monday in a major incident. Apparently, there was an explosion at a water purifier which resulted in the worker being impaled by the...
View ArticleThe Chamber – Denying Access to the Courthouse for Citizens, but Not...
Last month. the U.S. Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) held its annual summit – a strategy session on eliminating Americans' access to the civil justice system. In its typical self-serving...
View ArticleRecent Tour Bus Crashes Show Urgent Need for Seatbelts to Provide Passenger...
Tragically, there was another tour bus crash last night outside of Los Angeles, which left 8 people dead and another 38 seriously injured. The bus was returning to Tijuana, Mexico from a California...
View ArticleWill Texas Continue to Look The Other Way to The Danger of Distracted Driving?
A bill was filed in the Texas House this week aimed at creating criminal penalties for people who choose to text and drive. Former Speaker of the House, Tom Craddick (R) from Midland called this the...
View ArticleFatal Dallas Bus Crash Puts Focus on Bus Safety
Tragically, a charter tour bus crashed this morning just outside of Dallas resulting in two deaths and numerous serious injuries. The tour bus was packed with senior citizens on their way from Fort...
View ArticleLawsuit Highlights How RSD/CRPS Often Misunderstood
Although Jim Broatch, executive vice president of the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association, describes the pain associated with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) as greater than that of...
View ArticleCRPS-RSD Pain Affects Sufferers, Family Members Too
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, also known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, is a rare, incurable disorder that causes the brain to send pain signals to the body, even when there is no detectable reason...
View ArticleNew Study, Medication Gives Hope to CRPS-RSD Victims
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing therapies for the treatment of pain and other central nervous system disorders, announced last month that the first...
View ArticlePlasma Exchange Therapy a Potential Treatment Option for RSD/CRPS Sufferers
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS/RSD) has remained a mystery in terms of how to best treat it, but a new, potentially effective treatment known as plasma exchange (PE) therapy gives new hope for...
View ArticleConnecticut Board Votes to Cover CRPS/RSD Under State Medical Marijuana Law
On August 19, the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection’s Medical Marijuana Program Board of Physicians voted unanimously in favor of adding complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS/RSD) to the...
View ArticleFight the Flame 5k Raises Money for RSD-CRPS
The 3rd Annual Fight the Flame 5k is an official time-chipped race and walk to raise awareness and money for Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). It scheduled for...
View ArticleFinnish Researchers Find Link Between the Choroid Plexus and RSD/CRPS
Aalto University neuroscientists, in collaboration with researchers at Helsinki University Hospital and Harvard Medical School, have found a link between the size of the choroid plexus in the brain and...
View ArticleNew Study Says Ketamine May Reduce Pain in Adolescents with CRPS/RSD
A new study suggests that ketamine may be a safe and effective way to relieve chronic pain in adolescents suffering from a variety of chronic pain conditions, according to a report published by Pain...
View ArticleFormer ER Doctor Spreads the Word: CRPS is Real
Dr. Billy Alexander, an internal medicine physician from West Monroe, Louisiana, took a strong message to the American College of Emergency Physicians annual meeting in late October: Complex Regional...
View ArticleWomen Connect on Twitter, Form Global RSD/CRPS Support Group
Throughout the 30 years I have been representing patients with CRPS/RSD, I have come to appreciate how helpful and comforting a support group is for these folks. Each has his or her own unique...
View ArticleCRPS/RSD Sufferers Can Learn to Rephrase Pain
In a medical context, words are more than mere puffs of air – they are neurological events. The McGill Pain Index, one of the most widely used pain assessment systems, relies completely on verbal...
View ArticleHigh Frequency Stimulation Could be Effective Treatment for CRPS/RSD, Study Says
A German study found that high frequency repetitive stimulation helped improve tactile ability and overall pain in patients affected by complex regional pain syndrome/reflex sympathetic dystrophy...
View ArticleStudy Says DRG Stimulation Effective Pain Relief for CRPS/RSD
According to a new study, those suffering with complex regional pain syndrome/reflex sympathetic dystrophy (CRPS/RSD) may be able to obtain significant limb pain relief with dorsal root ganglion (DRG)...
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