- Wayne Parsons | June 30, 2009 3:00 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeI support the Public Plan for Health Care Reform and I am not backing down and I am not shutting up. I am in good company because between 72% and 83% of the public want a Public Plan for Health Care...
- Wayne Parsons | June 29, 2009 3:48 PM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesDoctors are looking at a traumatic brain injury (TBI) as the possible cause of the tragic death of TV actor Billy May as Mike Bryant of Minnesota has reported recently in:
Doctors Will Be Looking...
- Wayne Parsons | June 29, 2009 2:57 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe AP (6/28, Fowler) reported General Motors has agreed to take on responsibility for future product liability claims, removing what could have been a sizable roadblock on the company's way to a...
- Wayne Parsons | June 28, 2009 3:04 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsWesley VanValkenburg was a new father visiting Kauai to pay respects to his in-laws when he became the victim of a freak accident that led to a truck collision. On a warm Saturday morning a woman...
- Wayne Parsons | June 26, 2009 2:26 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe Wall Street Journal (6/26, B1, Spector, McCracken) reports on the front page of its Marketplace section, The U.S. Treasury Department is negotiating with more than a dozen state attorneys...
- Wayne Parsons | June 24, 2009 3:00 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeFacts are Stubborn things
Does saying something is a fact make it one? From the context of this essay supporting tort reform, Dr. Russell Turk appears to believe so. In his essay, Dr. Turk makes...
- Wayne Parsons | June 24, 2009 12:48 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)Trains fascinate all of us _ particularly little boys _ from an early age. The sounds of the train whistle in the distance is also part of the lore of the American country-side. But the romantic...
- Wayne Parsons | June 23, 2009 2:43 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsCoverage of President Obama's signing Monday of a bill granting the FDA greater regulatory control over tobacco focuses largely on his personal struggle with smoking and speculation about whether or...
- Wayne Parsons | June 23, 2009 4:14 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)Probably the favorite rail system in the United States, the Washington D.C. Metrolink system is now the focus of one of the worst rail crash cases in history. The Wall Street Journal reports 9 dead...
- Wayne Parsons | June 22, 2009 5:30 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAccording to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) wrong-way automobile accidents constitute about three perscent (3%) of automobile related deaths each year on U.S. roads. I am...
- Wayne Parsons | June 22, 2009 3:49 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe Wall Street Journal (6/22, A4, Spector) reports, Eight state attorneys general are opposing a provision in General Motors Corp.'s bankruptcy plan that would free the auto maker from liability...
- Wayne Parsons | June 19, 2009 2:01 PM |
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Workplace DiscriminationThe AP (6/19) reports that in a 5-4 decision announced Thursday, the Supreme Court has made it harder to prove discrimination on the basis of age, ruling against an employee in his mid-50s who says...
- Wayne Parsons | June 16, 2009 2:59 PM |
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Medical MalpracticePresident Obama yesterday outlined his healthcare reform plans in a speech to the AMA in Chicago. The story was covered by all three network newscasts, though it took second billing to reports on...
- Wayne Parsons | June 14, 2009 4:52 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeYou can help make a difference in the health care reform debate – and I ask you to help. Now is the time to weigh in! Your rights are at stake.
As Congress and the President prepare to...
- Wayne Parsons | June 14, 2009 4:07 PM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesSTROKE IDENTIFICATION
We saw Natasha Richardson die of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) shortly after hitting her head on a ski slope. A short delay in recognizing the seriousness of her injury...
- Wayne Parsons | June 12, 2009 2:19 PM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseThis week on National Public Radio (NPR) “All Things Considered” highlights new legislation banning pre-dispute mandatory binding arbitration clauses. A recent article posted on Injury...
- Wayne Parsons | June 12, 2009 1:42 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsI can hear Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Hannity and Chaney moaning and whining already about the American people getting control of the runaway train that their FDA has turned loose on the public for the...
- Wayne Parsons | June 11, 2009 5:00 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)NBC Nightly News (6/10, story 2, 3:05, Williams) reported, A lot of people, many of them veteran flyers, have suspected there are two sets of safety and training standards, one for the big...
- Wayne Parsons | June 11, 2009 4:23 AM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
New Lead for Autoimmune Disease Posted by SR in News, tags: auto-immune, lead identification, natural product
Do you like Hydrangeas?
They are beautiful flowering plants and now medical...
- Wayne Parsons | June 11, 2009 3:51 AM |
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MiscellaneousYes. Its the water! No ocean water in the world is more beautiful and friendly than the beaches of Hawaii. The water is warm and the sand is soft. But do dangers lurk beneath the surface? Here are...
- Wayne Parsons | June 11, 2009 3:21 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesProbably the worst fear at a construction site is the collapse of a scaffolding. Today I came across such a story out of Austin, Texas where a scaffolding collapsed at a project called 21 Rio Condo...
- Wayne Parsons | June 10, 2009 2:10 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
I have written much about the epidemic of pedestrian crosswalk injury and death in Hawaii this year and have wondered why a system like the Smart Crosswalk™ system hasn't been implemented...
- Wayne Parsons | June 10, 2009 1:41 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe National Law Journal (6/9, Baldas) reported, A group of Hispanic farmers claims the federal government is dragging its feet in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that...
- Wayne Parsons | June 10, 2009 1:29 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe Wall Street Journal (6/10, A5, Koppel) reports, The U.S. Supreme Court's decision this week calling for judges to stay out of cases involving big political donors confronts the growing role of...
- Wayne Parsons | June 10, 2009 6:15 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThanks to the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) for organizing the following Pedestrian and Driver Safety Tips. In light of the huge number of pedestrian injury and death incidents in Honolulu this...
- Wayne Parsons | June 10, 2009 5:53 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAccording to a report at Honoluluadvertiser.com, a man in his 40s was struck by a car as he crossed North School Street in a crosswalk on Tuesday evening. The pedestrian is in critical condition at...
- Wayne Parsons | June 09, 2009 7:32 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsI have written extensively on motorcycle death and injury on Oahu and the neighbor islands this year.
Motorcycle Deaths Skyrocket On Oahu
Automobile, Motorcycle and Pedestrian Deaths On Oahu...
- Wayne Parsons | June 09, 2009 5:31 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsRich Ambo of the Honolulu Advertiser reports that [a] 54-year-old woman was struck and killed in a Kalihi crosswalk by a Roberts Hawaii school bus this morning and remained pinned under the bus for...
- Wayne Parsons | June 08, 2009 1:37 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe Wall Street Journal (6/5, Dooren) reported that on June 5, staff from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that three medications currently approved to treat bipolar disorder and...
- Wayne Parsons | June 05, 2009 12:21 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsAccording to a story in the Honolulu Star Bulletin a Kona man is dead after crashing his motorcycle
Speed and alcohol may have been factors in the crash that killed a 25-year-old Big Island man....
- Wayne Parsons | June 04, 2009 11:59 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn a story by T.J. RAPHAEL in The Legislative Gazette she reports that a group of cancer patients, their families and a coalition of health care and consumer advocates came to Albany, New York on...
- Wayne Parsons | June 04, 2009 8:27 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAccording to a story in the Honolulu Advertiser a teenager was seriously injured when he was struck by a car today on the 45-000 block of Kane'ohe Bay Drive fronting 24-Hour Fitness. The incident...
- Wayne Parsons | June 04, 2009 8:53 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsBloomberg News (6/4, Andersen) reports, Plaintiffs in personal-injury and product-liability lawsuits against Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. are pressing members of Congress to ensure that...
- Wayne Parsons | June 03, 2009 1:15 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsA story in the Honolulu Advertiser confirms that a 36 year old man and his 7 year old son died Sunday night crash in Pahoa on the Big Island. Police officers from Puna identified the two people...
- Wayne Parsons | June 03, 2009 12:50 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
A report in the Honolulu Advertiser identifies the mother of penelope Tukimaka as the person taken to the hospital by ambulance after a car accident in Honolulu. Mrs. Tukimaka was allegedly on...
- Wayne Parsons | June 03, 2009 8:08 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe Hill (6/3, Swanson) reports, Consumer groups and trial lawyers are crying foul over the Obama administration's bankruptcy plans for General Motors and Chrysler because those plans would...
- Wayne Parsons | June 03, 2009 8:08 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe Hill (6/3, Swanson) reports, Consumer groups and trial lawyers are crying foul over the Obama administration's bankruptcy plans for General Motors and Chrysler because those plans would...
- Wayne Parsons | June 02, 2009 6:51 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesThe Environmental Working Group (EWG) has recently focused on children and bisphenol-A (BPA). I want EWG at the table, advocating for our kids - and yours - so their health is no longer compromised...
- Wayne Parsons | June 02, 2009 11:04 AM |
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Miscellaneous
In an important decision for consumers a federal court rejects AT&T’s efforts to bar its customers from joining together to hold the company accountable in court. Credit Public...
- Wayne Parsons | June 02, 2009 10:29 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesNew nontoxic paints let you color it 'green'
As reported in the Honolulu Advertiser nontoxic paint is becoming a big subject to families who want their air to be safe to breathe. Jennifer...
- Wayne Parsons | June 02, 2009 9:18 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsMedia outlets last night and this morning focused much of their coverage of GM's bankruptcy on the government's 60% stake in the company, and on President Obama's assurances that he wants the...