- Wayne Parsons | April 30, 2009 2:49 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsWe are fortunate to have one of the top advocates for patients, Martine Ehrenclou, MA, share her thoughts on the Swine Flu pandemic that is threatening the world. Prevention is always the most...
- Wayne Parsons | April 30, 2009 12:16 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsBloomberg News (4/30, Fisk, Feeley) reports, Just two months after the U.S. Supreme Court decided patients can sue drugmakers over injuries from medicines approved by the government, long-stalled...
- Wayne Parsons | April 29, 2009 7:30 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeConsumer advocates Fair Arbitration Now point out that:
Corporations oppose the Arbitration Fairness Act because the system of forced arbitration allows them to escape accountability for...
- Wayne Parsons | April 29, 2009 7:19 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeForced arbitration is another example of how corporations are taking advantage of Americans. As a private system without an impartial judge or a jury, mandatory arbitration allows companies like AIG...
- Wayne Parsons | April 29, 2009 1:54 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe Wall Street Journal (4/28, Rockoff) reported,
The Institute of Medicine [IOM] recommended Tuesday that doctors, medical schools, professional groups and drug makers make far-reaching changes...
- Wayne Parsons | April 29, 2009 1:43 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe Associated Press reports from Geneva, Switzerland on Apr. 27, 2009 that drug company Roche Holding AG said Monday the World Health Organization has enough of the anti-flu treatment Tamiflu...
- Wayne Parsons | April 28, 2009 12:18 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe CBS Early Show (4/27, Gielan, 8:00 a.m. EDT) revisited the peanut-borne salmonella outbreak earlier this year thought to have contributed to nine deaths and hundreds of illnesses nationwide....
- Wayne Parsons | April 27, 2009 3:13 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsMichael Tsai staff writer for the Honolulu Advertiser reports today on another motorcycle death on Oahu. According to reports the motorcycles crashed into a rental Van on Sunday afternoon. The...
- Wayne Parsons | April 27, 2009 2:15 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe Chicago Tribune (4/25, Callahan) reported, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Friday said he planned to urge carmakers to crash-test child safety seats in their vehicles and recommend...
- Wayne Parsons | April 27, 2009 2:11 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn my first article on the new Swine Flu scare I didn't realize that this connection with pigs, Swine Flu, MRSA and C.Diff has been raging among corporate interests, their cadre of hired-gun...
- Wayne Parsons | April 27, 2009 4:32 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
On Sunday March 8, 2009 a 49-year-old Puna man was killed while riding his ATV in Hawaiian Acres subdivision in Puna on the Big Island. Robert Texeira of Kurtistown was riding a Suzuki King Quad...
- Wayne Parsons | April 26, 2009 3:08 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe AIDS/HIV health crisis is now thirty years old and the subject continues to challenge society around the world. The Rule of Law has faced difficult challenges as the basic concept of individual...
- Wayne Parsons | April 26, 2009 2:43 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
A 5-year-old boy was ejected from the passenger side of a car Friday morning. The car crash happened across from Our Lady of Peace and Safe Journey Church in Chalan Pagowho, Guam. The boy is in...
- Wayne Parsons | April 26, 2009 2:42 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)Why travel to Hawaii and not go out on the ocean in a boat? Whale watching, scuba diving, sunset sails and other opportunities are among the most popular Hawaii tourist attractions.
Caution should...
- Wayne Parsons | April 25, 2009 10:09 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesScienceDaily (Apr. 24, 2009) reports on a European study of proliferative kidney disease (PKD), a cause of major stock losses on fish farms in England. The study was funded by the Biotechnology and...
- Wayne Parsons | April 25, 2009 5:29 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsSadly Oahu suffered its 23rd traffic fatality this year in a single car crash in Waianae.
The city medical examiner has identified the 28-year-old Waianae woman who died Tuesday after the car she...
- Wayne Parsons | April 25, 2009 4:17 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesWhen an employee on a ship is injured, the law that covers the injury is in the category of laws called admiralty or maritime law. A specific law passed by Congress that can be used for an injury...
- Wayne Parsons | April 25, 2009 3:09 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesRep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) has recently said there were “serious deficiencies in the health coverage of civilian employees who have been injured while working overseas.” His outrage...
- Wayne Parsons | April 25, 2009 1:08 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
A radio announcer in Honolulu used to have a daily densa award for the most stupid person in the news. I don't think they do it anymore but if they did a Big Island 20 year old, Kahiliokeanuinu...
- Wayne Parsons | April 24, 2009 5:43 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsSchofield Barracks soldier PFC Jesse Hart was on foot along the H-2 Freeway in the northerly direction shortly after midnight when he was struck by another car just before the Wahiawa off-ramp. Mr....
- Wayne Parsons | April 24, 2009 4:33 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Honolulu City Council on Wednesday voted to ban drivers from using any mobile electronic devices. That means anyone holding a cell phone or other device while driving will be ticketed by...
- Wayne Parsons | April 24, 2009 3:44 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsSwine Flu is back. Health officials at the Federal and State level are on alert for a new form of Swine Flu and expect to find more cases. The strain of swine flu that seems to be spreading directly...
- Wayne Parsons | April 24, 2009 3:09 PM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
The Department of Health and Human Services is broken. Most Americans know that sad fact. Like the entire regulatory process in our government that is supposed to protect us, the the Department...
- Wayne Parsons | April 24, 2009 4:38 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)Bed and Breakfast.
Rental Units.
Manoa fire kills 2 and injures 7.
These are not new headlines in Hawaii.
Am I alone in thinking that we need to look closely at what happened in Manoa?
A...
- Wayne Parsons | April 22, 2009 11:17 PM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsThe New York Times (4/22, A15, Harris) reports,
An unusual internal meeting scheduled for Wednesday at the Food and Drug Administration may signal how agency officials intend to handle the many...
- Wayne Parsons | April 22, 2009 1:55 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesIf we don't honor and take care of the earth then we probably have totally lost our way. Most of us care and want to do something positive but the treadmill is racing faster every day and time and...
- Wayne Parsons | April 22, 2009 8:02 AM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Stephen Barrett, M.D. reports that in his opinion infomercials and medicine don't always mesh:
[T]he vast majority of health-related products promoted through infomercials don't work as...
- Wayne Parsons | April 22, 2009 5:02 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsI have followed medical science advances in treatment of cancer and multiple sclerosis. People that I care about have those diseases. You all have loved ones affected by those diseases. I have been...
- Wayne Parsons | April 22, 2009 4:06 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe list grows longer every day. Financial misconduct has become the biggest subject this year and more people are being victimized in this tough economy. Protect yourself from scams, many of which...
- Wayne Parsons | April 21, 2009 5:50 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsIn an Editorial in the Providence (RI) Journal (4/20) they support the Obama administration goal of cleaning up the FDA:
One important task before President Obama is shoring up the Food and...
- Wayne Parsons | April 21, 2009 5:24 PM |
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MiscellaneousCNET is one of the best resources for technical information and I get regular email updates on current news. In a recent article by Elinor Mills at CNET she reports that fear about credit card data...
- Wayne Parsons | April 21, 2009 5:01 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsBloomberg News (4/21, O'Reilly) reports,
Wyeth, the drugmaker being acquired by Pfizer Inc., must face a lawsuit by a woman who claims her breast cancer was caused by the menopause medicine...
- Wayne Parsons | April 20, 2009 10:22 AM |
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MiscellaneousAs Foreclosures rise desperate homeowners are being victimized by illegal or misleading offers of help from a myriad of companies. The companies often charge up front fees and lull frightened...
- Wayne Parsons | April 20, 2009 6:00 AM |
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Miscellaneous
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- Wayne Parsons | April 20, 2009 4:27 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsKGMB TV News reports a traffic death on the Big Island on Sunday. Early Sunday morning shortly before 7 A.M. in Puna a woman was killed at the intersection of 25th Avenue and Paradise Drive. Doreen...
- Wayne Parsons | April 20, 2009 3:00 AM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseIn a ScienceDaily article on April 17, 2009 - Exercise Reduces Falls In Older People, Review Suggests home safety improvements, vitamin D supplements and other prescriptions to help elders avoid...
- Wayne Parsons | April 20, 2009 1:53 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsSo far this year the main focus of this Blog has been on the alarming number of traffic deaths on Oahu. One week it is motorcycles. The next pedestrians hit in crosswalks or walking along Oahu...
- Wayne Parsons | April 18, 2009 3:37 PM |
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MiscellaneousIts Saturday! And so I will digress. Point of privilege. You see this little Blog of mine is more than a marketing tool for a trial attorney. My hope is that this place isn't all about me or my law...
- Wayne Parsons | April 18, 2009 2:14 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsReaserchers using a driving simulator are able to modify road conditions and throw in turns to test the risk of driving while distracted in older adults. It looks like a video game but in fact it is...
- Wayne Parsons | April 17, 2009 3:26 AM |
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MiscellaneousPonzi schemes take their name from 1920s con artist Charles Ponzi. The swindlers promise huge returns and then pay returns to early investors with funds gained from subsequent victims.
Bernie...
- Wayne Parsons | April 17, 2009 2:14 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsAccording to the Honolulu Star Bulletin the city medical examiner has identified Roy Bengochea, 32, of Kapolei as the man whose motorcycle crashed into an SUV in Campbell Industrial Park. Mr....
- Wayne Parsons | April 17, 2009 1:45 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe AP (4/16, Curran) reports, The nation's pharmaceutical makers spent more than $2.9 million on Vermont's doctors, hospitals and universities to market their products in the last fiscal year,...
- Wayne Parsons | April 16, 2009 2:14 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeMost people already know that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protects the privacy of their health information. But it also protects your rights to continue your...
- Wayne Parsons | April 16, 2009 1:41 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeRecently, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), one of the strongest voices for consumer rights in the Senate, went head to head with the President of the American Medical Association (AMA) Nancy Nielsen...
- Wayne Parsons | April 16, 2009 4:10 AM |
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Toxic Substances“Every day, consumers rely on household products that contain thousands of chemicals. The American public expects the federal government do all it can to ensure these chemicals are safe before...
- Wayne Parsons | April 15, 2009 1:52 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsHaving been involved in looking for new treatments for my wife who died of cancer last year, I can tell you that watching Clinical Trials is a life and death matter for millions of ill Americans. I...
- Wayne Parsons | April 14, 2009 4:22 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesHawaii has had a history of bed bugs in hotel rooms. What is a bed bug? The only one currently known to be in Hawaii is Cimex lectularius, aka the common bedbug. The wingless, flat, oval-shaped...
- Wayne Parsons | April 14, 2009 3:22 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeI heard a great man give a casual talk to about 20 people today at a brown bag lunch. As we all ate our sandwiches and bottled water he talked about knowing Barrack Obama's father while they (the...
- Wayne Parsons | April 14, 2009 3:10 AM |
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MiscellaneousAs Foreclosures rise desperate homeowners are being victimized by illegal or misleading offers of help from a myriad of companies. The companies often charge up front fees and lull frightened...
- Wayne Parsons | April 13, 2009 3:15 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsNew List of Indicators Released for Toxic Chinese Drywall
Americas Watchdog and its Homeowners Consumer Center have been leading the national, and state by state investigation of imported...
- Wayne Parsons | April 13, 2009 2:28 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsA 27 year old woman driving a motorcycle on Kaukonahua Road on the North Shore was killed when her motorcycle went out of control and hit a guardrail. Her passenger, a 23 year old woman was taken to...
- Wayne Parsons | April 12, 2009 5:59 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsThe sad facts about motorcycle crashes in Hawaii: 7 motorcycle deaths on Oahu in 2008; 2 motorcycle deaths on Oahu on a single day - January 1, 2009; 6 motorcycle deaths on Oahu in the first 3 months of 2009...
- Wayne Parsons | April 12, 2009 2:35 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsTV news reporter Andrew Pereira of KHON TV news reported the death of an elderly man Tuesday morning on the dangerous Kaukonahua Road between Waialua and Schofield Barracks. Twenty two motorists...
- Wayne Parsons | April 12, 2009 2:01 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsMotorcyclist found dead on rugged trail
A motorcyclist was found dead yesterday on a trail above the Kahuku Motocross Track.
Honolulu Fire Department rescue crews and Emergency Medical Services...
- Wayne Parsons | April 12, 2009 5:32 AM |
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Motorcycle Accidentshttp://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090405/NEWS18/904050371/1029
A motorcyclist who died Monday after crashing down an embankment off Piilani Highway in Ulupalakua has been identified as...
- Wayne Parsons | April 11, 2009 7:41 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsKaimakani Street was partially closed on Thursday at about 2:30 in the afternoon after a car driven by an older man struck a woman in a crosswalk. The injured woman was taken to Queens Medical...
- Wayne Parsons | April 11, 2009 3:28 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeA lot of health care news comes out of the financial industry. If you try to find out about how good a new drug is and search the internet you will find a lot of information that is tied to stock...
- Wayne Parsons | April 11, 2009 3:28 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIt is understandable that you may think of the roof of your car as primarily to keep the rain or snow off of you and keep your hair in place. But there is a lot more to that roof than cosmetics....
- Wayne Parsons | April 09, 2009 3:05 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThanks to Tom Morton, Staff Writer for the Casper Wyoming Star-Tribune for this story about Frivilous Doctors. Are you tired of hearing millionaire doctors living in estates and sending their kids...
- Wayne Parsons | April 09, 2009 2:25 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe Wall Street Journal (4/9, B3, Winslow) reports that on Apr. 8, Roche Holding AG's Genentech, Inc. unit said it is voluntarily withdrawing its psoriasis drug Raptiva [efalizumab] from the market...
- Wayne Parsons | April 08, 2009 3:47 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Gul Ozbilen Acar, MD 1 *, H. Murat Yener, MD 2, Feray Karaali Savrun, MD 3, Tunaya Kalkan, MD 4, Ibrahim Bayrak, Msc 5, Ozgun Enver, MD 6
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- Wayne Parsons | April 08, 2009 2:59 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn an interesting and informative article: New Website About Drinking Is Very Informative anew tool is out there to help an individual check into their own drinking behavior. Michael Bryant a...
- Wayne Parsons | April 07, 2009 2:38 PM |
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Medical Malpractice
By Martine Ehrenclou - Author of the Acclaimed book Critical Conditions - The Essential Hospital Guide To Get Your Loved One Out Alive
Martine Ehrenclou
No doubt you've heard about the...
- Wayne Parsons | April 06, 2009 2:38 PM |
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Medical Devices & Implantsrecent studies have shown that intra-articular pain pumps can cause catastrophic cartilage damage
The pain pump is designed to deliver medication directly to the surgical wound site or in close...
- Wayne Parsons | April 06, 2009 1:49 PM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugscriteria for HRT cases If you feel you have been injured by hormone replacement therapy (HRT) there are certain criteria that can help you evaluate whether or not you may qualify to be included in...
- Wayne Parsons | April 06, 2009 1:23 PM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
The Wall Street Journal (4/4, Favole) reported, The Food and Drug Administration warned 14 major pharmaceutical companies about brief Internet ads that accompany searches on Google and other...
- Wayne Parsons | April 04, 2009 1:53 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)I get regular health and fitness updates called Fit Tips from a specialist here in Honolulu named Christie Bridges. She sent one recently that I have quoted below involving injuries from falls. Here...