Disability Law Claims Blog
The staff at LaVan & Neidenberg cares about the disabled and we are passionate about the issues that affect those who are applying or waiting for Social Security Disability, Veterans' Disability Compensation, and/or Long-Term Disability Insurance benefits. We make it a point to blog about important topics such as advances in the various disability claims processes, advances in medicine, upgrades to the various disability benefits programs, and much more.
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A colon cancer gene study could result in more effective treatments. The hope is to target mutations, stopping the cancer before it spreads and turns deadly.
Category: Social Security Disability
The survival rates for hospitalized heart attack patients are found to be improving in the U.S. Improved technology and treatment could be contributing factors.
Category: Social Security Disability
Workers' Compensation and Social Security disability are similar in some ways but have many differences. Contact a South Florida disability lawyer for details.
Category: Social Security Disability
Inferon beta, a common treatment for multiple sclerosis, has no effect on disability. Although it still has benefits, it does not make disability less likely.
Category: Social Security Disability
Strokes are among the leading causes of disability and death in the United States. Severity data may help in predicting mortality risk creating a rating scale.
Category: Social Security Disability
Men who smoke have shown a faster rate of memory loss. Quitting smoking could provide health benefits to not only the lungs and heart but the brain as well.
Category: Social Security Disability
Outcomes are found to be worse for stroke patients admitted over the weekend. More tests and better outcomes were seen when hospitalized during the week.
Category: Social Security Disability
Radioactive dye in brain scans may help predict Alzheimer’s. The dye highlights amyloid plaques that are linked to the disease and could offer early detection.
Category: Social Security Disability
An antibody was identified in nearly half of patients with multiple sclerosis which has no cure. This may indicate a trigger of the often disabling disease.
Category: Social Security Disability
Scientists have been able to trace a timeline of Alzheimer’s. Changes in the brain are found to begin as early as 25 years before the onset of this disease.
Category: Social Security Disability
A new mobile app allows for skin cancer self-examination. It helps a user monitor suspicious moles and lesions over a period of time through photo comparisons.
Category: Social Security Disability
A gene mutation has been found that helps to protect the brain from Alzheimer’s. It provides evidence of the role that beta amyloid levels play in the brain.
Category: Social Security Disability
A structured exercise program has five health benefits for lung transplant patients. Left disabled from a health problem? Social Security disability may apply.
Category: Social Security Disability
Exposure to the ozone can impact your heart in three ways, causing a heart attack risk. If you’ve suffered this condition, Social Security disability may apply.
Category: Social Security Disability
Working challenging puzzles like crosswords may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s. Less brain plaque buildup appears to occur in those who are mentally stimulated.
Category: Social Security Disability
Nicotine patches may help those individuals with the mild cognitive impairment often preceding Alzheimer’s. It was found to improve memory and thinking skills.
Category: Social Security Disability
Upon permission, Kaiser Permanente will now electronically send medical records to the SSA for members who are seeking Social Security disability benefits.
Category: Social Security Disability
Severe loss of bladder control after prostate surgery could require a second surgery. This procedure is needed to correct the problems with incontinence.
Category: Social Security Disability
The largest ever genetic mapping project might help in determining the development of Alzheimer’s, and could possibly lead to strategies for treatments.
Category: Social Security Disability
Within just two months, a million people have already created a Social Security account online and are benefiting from keeping up their statements and benefits.
Category: Social Security Disability
Half of heart patients hospitalized for heart failure or heart attack make mistakes with their medications some of which are serious or even life threatening.
Category: Social Security Disability
Complications from delirium affect one in eight Alzheimer’s patients. Such complications include mental decline, being placed in a nursing home, and death.
Category: Social Security Disability
With new guidelines indicating that fewer people require preventative antibiotics before dental procedures, incidents of infective endocarditis have decreased.
Category: Social Security Disability
A genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s is found to affect women more than men, which may explain why women are more prone to develop the disease than men.
Category: Social Security Disability
Women who go through early menopause may be at a higher risk of heart disease and stroke. If you suffer from a long-term disability, benefits may be available.
Category: Social Security Disability
Differences between Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability