Posts tagged hawaii

• Hawaii Safety First; The best graduation gift may be a motorcycle helmet

  Wayne Parsons | May 24, 2012 2:27 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Hawaii is a great place to ride motorcycles and mopeds. But it is also a place where the roads are crowded, drivers are distracted (now more than ever with rampant cell phone use resulting in...

• Hawaii Diabetes Alert: Actos diabetes medication linked to bladder cancer

  Wayne Parsons | May 15, 2012 5:38 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Actos is a diabetes drug that has been linked to bladder cancer. Actos' single ingredient is Pioglitazone. A medication called Duetact is a combination of Pioglitazone and Glimepiride....

• Important tips for Hawaii high school graduation month: don't ride in the back of a puck-up truck!

  Wayne Parsons | May 15, 2012 4:29 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We have to wear seatbelts and we can't drive and use a handheld cell phone. I'll buy that. Those are good rules. Where did they come from? A combination of common sense and our elected...

• Hawaii High School Graduation Week: end tha txt

  Wayne Parsons | May 09, 2012 4:47 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Hawaii high school students will be celebrating graduation this month and into June and the text messages and Tweets will be flying through cyberspace each night. If, on May 26th for instance at...

• What should you do if you have a metal on metal (MoM) hip implant?

  Wayne Parsons | August 27, 2011 7:03 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The news is full of stories about hip replacement implant surgeries gone bad. Joseph Saunders, a leading medical device expert attorney from Florida has been a great news source for the status of...

• What is the downside of declining hormone therapy"

  Wayne Parsons | August 27, 2011 5:38 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In a recent study it has been observed that lower rates of hormone therapy have resulted in doctors decreasing mammograms: A study published online in the American Cancer Society journal Cancer...

• Fire safety in the home and cars prevents injury and death.

  Wayne Parsons | August 13, 2011 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two news stories reminded me of the perils of fire in our homes and cars. A truck caught fire on the H-1 Freeway at the Kaneohe and Aiea off ramp heading east at 7:40 am on Friday, August 12, 2011,...

• How to file a medical malpractice claim in Hawaii

  Wayne Parsons | August 10, 2011 4:09 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Each state has different laws and rules concerning medical negligence claims. Here is what you need to know about filing a claim in Hawaii. First the claim must be filed with the Medical Claim...

• Hawaii is significantly reducing automobile accident deaths

  Wayne Parsons | August 09, 2011 12:26 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The 6,618 automobile fatalities in the first quarter of 2011 are a grim reminder of the importance of safe driving. The National Hawaii Traffic Safety Adminstration (NHTSA) reports that deaths...

• What if the other driver doesn't have enough insurance?

  Wayne Parsons | August 04, 2011 3:43 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  If your attorney told you that the other driver has no inurance and that you cannot collect money from a deadbaet: read on. If your lawyer told you that the other driver has a minimum inurance...