Posts tagged hawaii

• GIFT15 - Is A Cure For Multiple Sclerosis On The Horizon?

  Wayne Parsons | August 13, 2009 9:49 PM | 8 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  McGill University researchers in Canada have announced that _ in mice _ they may have found a way to treat and cure multiple sclerosis (MS). In animals they can reverse the devastating disease with...

• New legislation could help homeowners sue Chinese drywall manufacturers.

  Wayne Parsons | August 12, 2009 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  We have a problem in the U.S. with holding foreign manufacturers responsible for harm their defective products cause here in the States. One example was the salmonella problem from Mexican tomatoes...

• Hawaii Consumer Alert: GM and Isuzu Truck Recall Raises Concerns Because Bailout Eliminates Product Liability Claims For Injury or death

  Wayne Parsons | August 06, 2009 5:41 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In a report in U.S. News & World Report a pickup truck recall is initiated by automakers. A brake light defect in General Motors trucks could lead to an an accident. GM is recalling about...

• Merck, Schering agree to $41.5 million settlement of Vytorin, Zetia suits.

  Wayne Parsons | August 06, 2009 5:26 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The New York Times (8/6, B4, Shih) reports, Merck and Schering-Plough agreed Wednesday to pay $41.5 million to settle class-action lawsuits that accused them of withholding unfavorable results of a...

• Way to Go Bill: Imprisoned Korean Journalists Are Coming Home!!!!

  Wayne Parsons | August 04, 2009 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Wasn't it just a month ago that we were all talking in Hawaii and death and injury from a missile attack from North Korea on Honolulu? Well there was a serious mood swing on that paranoia today. And...

• Banning Texting, Twitter and Cell Phone Use in Cars Isn't Enough __ Increasing Speed Limits Spikes Automobile Accident Death and Injury Toll According to New Study

  Wayne Parsons | August 04, 2009 3:04 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Ever here the saying that speed kills. Well its true according to a recent study of deaths on U.S. highways. But does this apply in Hawaii? Are Honolulu and Oahu roads in need of new lower speed...

• House subcommittee finds elevated lead levels in D.C. children.

  Wayne Parsons | August 04, 2009 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The Washington Post (8/4, Leonnig) reports that congressional investigators have found that more than twice the previously reported number of D.C. children were found to have high levels of lead in...

• House passes food safety bill.

  Wayne Parsons | July 31, 2009 12:42 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The AP (7/31, Jalonick) reports that by a 283-142 margin, the House yesterday passed a far-reaching food safety bill Thursday in the wake of the recent outbreak of salmonella in peanuts that killed...

• Congress and Cruise Ships, Peepholes and Latches!

  Wayne Parsons | July 28, 2009 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  There you go again! Those are the memorable words of Ronald Reagan in a Presidential campaign debate. Those words came to mind as I listened to Congress brag about making cruise ships safer by...

• Summer Water Safety Alert: Surf's Up On The South Shore! Be Careful

  Wayne Parsons | July 24, 2009 6:34 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  The waves in Waikiki look white and fluffy and the warm air and water beckon the just arrived tourists. I surf. Its great fun. But beware. Those waves are powerful. The surfers riding them are...