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Strokes at or around the time birth can cause brain damage or cerebral palsy
This standard treatment can reduce the degree of brain damage caused that low oxygen causes in infants, but can also obscure permanent injuries
Apgar scores are assessed and documented for newborns at 1-minute and 5-minutes after birth
Meconium can be a sign of fetal distress if it passes birth or during delivery
Law reduces the circumstances when the burdensome "willful and wanton negligence" standard applies
Bleeding-related pregnancy complications are on the rise in Texas and the United States as a whole
A jury awarded $6 million to this mom's survivors because of a nurse's delay in telling doctors about her problems breathing
Hypothermia therapy may minimize the impact of a hypoxic-ischemic insult on a baby's brain
Spina bifida is the most common permanently-disabling birth defect
As published in "The Houston Lawyer" magazine