InjuryBoard Honolulu Archives

• Doctor Myth #2: They Are NOT Leaving The State Because of Malpractice

  Wayne Parsons | March 30, 2009 11:20 AM | 2 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Doctor flight a myth Jeff Raymond The Edmond Sun March 26, 2009 09:43 pm ­ Doctors fleeing Oklahoma is simply a myth. The number of doctors in our state is increasing rapidly despite...

• Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Risks For Cancer, Blood Clots And Cardiac Problems

  Wayne Parsons | March 28, 2009 10:58 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Hormone Replacement Therapy hormone replacement therapy (hrt) places women at a greater risk for breast cancer, blood clots, heart attack and stroke Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is medication...

• Judge Rules That Congressman Saxby Chambliss Is Immune From Attorney's Questions

  Wayne Parsons | March 25, 2009 2:10 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The AP (3/25, Bynum) reports, A judge has ruled Sen. Saxby Chambliss doesn't have to answer questions from a lawyer suing Imperial Sugar on behalf of victims of the explosion at the company's...

• Medical Malpractice in Hawaii - Should The Hawaii Legislators Reward Doctors?

  Wayne Parsons | March 24, 2009 10:28 PM | 3 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  While the Hawaii legislature considers handing out a free pass for doctors to injure their patients through blatant mistakes and not have to pay for it, a recent survey shows that the medical...

• Medical Malpractice Legislation In Hawaii - Have the Democrats Finally Abandoned The Public?

  Wayne Parsons | March 24, 2009 10:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Jim Krueger, a great Maui attorney and a life long champion for the little guy, has exposed some shameful legislative manipulation by a few doctors in conspiracy with a few Democratic legislators...

• Chinese Drywall Is Not DRAGONBOARD!

  Wayne Parsons | March 24, 2009 3:01 PM | 14 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  I posted an article on January 2, 2009 about a problem in the Southeastern states involving toxic odors of sulfur from drywall installed in new homes: Drywall From China Causes Concern Over Sulfur...

• Dairy Food, Calcium, and Risk of Cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study

  Wayne Parsons | March 24, 2009 12:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  In a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(4):391-401) dairy food and calcium intake was studied to see if they play roles...

• JAMA Hides Public Disclosures Of Conflicts Of Interest - Calls Scientist "A Nobody"

  Wayne Parsons | March 24, 2009 11:53 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  In the Wall Street Journal on March 23 David Armstrong writes in his Health Blog that the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA): says it is adopting a new policy under which anyone...

• Tragedy Sunday Morning On Kauai As Truck Crashes In Kekaha

  Wayne Parsons | March 23, 2009 2:23 PM | 4 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Max Agor, 18 years old and from Lawai, was driving his pick-up truck east-bound on Kaumualii Highway near St. Theresa's Church at about 1:12 a.m. with a female passenger. Agor lost control of the...

• Federal Preemption Puts Consumers At Risk According To Observers

  Wayne Parsons | March 23, 2009 1:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  In an op-ed in the Des Moines Register (3/20) Joel Olah, executive director of aging resources of central Iowa, wrote, Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of...