Posts tagged personal injury

• Washington, D.C. Nightmare As Metro Trains Collide-- As Many As 7 Dead and Over 70 Injured

  Wayne Parsons | June 23, 2009 4:14 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: 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...

• Health Alert: Recognizing When Someone Is Having A Stroke Can Save Their Or Your Life

  Wayne Parsons | June 14, 2009 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  STROKE 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...

• Mandatory Binding Arbitration - Forced Arbitration - Is Bad For Consumers And Congress Should Act

  Wayne Parsons | June 12, 2009 2:19 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  This 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...

• Senate passes Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act giving FDA regulatory control of tobacco industry.

  Wayne Parsons | June 12, 2009 1:42 PM | 13 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  I 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...

• Natural Product From The Hydrangea Plant Offers Hope to People With Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis,and Other Autoimmune Diseases

  Wayne Parsons | June 11, 2009 4:23 AM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: 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...

• Keaau Motorcycle Crash sadly Results in Two Deaths

  Wayne Parsons | June 03, 2009 1:15 PM | 5 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A 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...

• Car Crash at Lusitana and Kuakini in Honolulu - Woman Injured

  Wayne Parsons | June 03, 2009 12:50 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: 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...

• Eighteen Students Injured in Two Separate School Bus - Automobile Accidents On Oahu

  Wayne Parsons | May 31, 2009 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  No school bus automobile accidents all year and then two on one day late in May. Hopefully none of the eighteen students are seriously injured although they were taken to area hospitals for...

• Health Alert For Hawaii: Is The New Swine Flu A Threat To The Islands?

  Wayne Parsons | April 24, 2009 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Swine 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...

• Sixty-nine Year Old Woman In Critical Condition After Aiea Automobile Accident

  Wayne Parsons | April 11, 2009 7:41 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Kaimakani 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...