- Wayne Parsons | August 15, 2009 2:37 PM | Honolulu, HI
Category:
Automobile Accidents
In the 1950s the medical profession did not recognize whiplash as a medical condition. It was through attorneys seeking explanations of injuries from treating doctors that stimulated medical insight...
- Wayne Parsons | June 29, 2009 3:48 PM | Honolulu, HI
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Head & Brain Injuries
Doctors 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 14, 2009 4:07 PM | Honolulu, 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...
- Wayne Parsons | May 03, 2009 2:20 PM | Honolulu, HI
Category:
Head & Brain Injuries
Think about tort reform in the context of medical negligence - misdiagnosis of traumatic brain injury - on a national basis. It happens everywhere from Honolulu to Hilo to Washington, D.C. Why don't...
- Wayne Parsons | April 26, 2009 2:43 PM | Honolulu, HI
Category:
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 25, 2009 3:09 PM | Honolulu, HI
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Workplace Injuries
Rep. 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 | November 28, 2008 1:25 PM | Honolulu, HI
Category:
Medical Malpractice
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is often caused by trauma, illness, or surgery. Research now shows that people who have suffered AKI have a higher risk later in life of getting the most serious form of...