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Driver Distraction - Scientists Use Driving Simulator To Measure Risks of Driving Distracted

Posted on April 18, 2009
Reaserchers using a driving simulator are able to modify road conditions and throw in turns to test the risk of driving while distracted in older adults. It looks like a video game but in fact it is more like a flight simulator like they pilots are tested in only for autmobile drivers...

Hawaii Ponzi Scam Bonanza - Financial Misconduct Runs Amok!

Posted on April 17, 2009
Ponzi schemes take their name from 1920s con artist Charles Ponzi. The swindlers promise huge returns and then pay returns to early investors with funds gained from subsequent victims. Bernie Madoff was not the original Ponzi scheme scammer and neither are the three (3) Hawaii Ponzi scheme scammers that have recently been busted in the Islands...

Through the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act we can give our children a safer and healthier future.

Posted on April 16, 2009
'Every day, consumers rely on household products that contain thousands of chemicals. The American public expects the federal government do all it can to ensure these chemicals are safe before they reach the market. We already have strong regulations for pesticides and pharmaceuticals—it's common sense that we do the same for chemicals that end up in household items we use every day...

How Much Do You Know About HIPAA?

Posted on April 16, 2009
Most people already know that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protects the privacy of their health information. But it also protects your rights to continue your health insurance as you or a spouse moves from job to job, and limits exclusions for preexisting conditions...

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Senator McCaskill Points To AMA Double Standard In Senate Hearing

Posted on April 16, 2009
Recently, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), one of the strongest voices for consumer rights in the Senate, went head to head with the President of the American Medical Association (AMA) Nancy Nielsen over their treatment of trial attorneys. During a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on deceptive health insurance industry practices, the AMA's use of class action lawsuits was discussed...

Report indicates drug makers spent over $2.9 million on Vermont physicians to market products.

Posted on April 16, 2009
The AP (4/16, Curran) reports, "The nation's pharmaceutical makers spent more than $2.9 million on Vermont's doctors, hospitals and universities to market their products in the last fiscal year, according to a report issued Wednesday by the state attorney general's office...

Kapolei Man Dead In Yet Another Oahu Motorcycle Crash At Intersection - What is Going On With Motorcycles in Hawaii?

Posted on April 16, 2009
According to the Honolulu Star Bulletin the city medical examiner has identified Roy Bengochea, 32, of Kapolei as the man whose motorcycle crashed into an SUV in Campbell Industrial Park. Mr. Bengochea died Tuesday afternoon from his injuries. Suffering a right leg fracture at the scene, he died of cardiac arrest in the ambulance on the way to the hospital...

FDA Suspends Clinical Trials Firm

Posted on April 15, 2009
Having been involved in looking for new treatments for my wife who died of cancer last year, I can tell you that watching Clinical Trials is a life and death matter for millions of ill Americans. I learned in that process that you can't always trust what you hear and read about Clinical Trials sponsored by drug companies...

What Freedom Means

Posted on April 14, 2009
I heard a great man give a casual talk to about 20 people today at a brown bag lunch. As we all ate our sandwiches and bottled water he talked about knowing Barrack Obama's father while they (the father, not Barrack) were in school at the University of Hawaii...

Hawaii Financial Fraud Alert #1: Tips To Avoid Loan Refinance Scams

Posted on April 14, 2009
As Foreclosures rise desperate homeowners are being victimized by illegal or misleading offers of help from a myriad of companies. The companies often charge up front fees and lull frightened homeowners into thinking that they can get relief from their mortgage when it is highly unlikely any help will be forthcoming...

Bed Bugs Have Plagued Honolulu Hotels - The EPA Holds A Bed Bug Summit

Posted on April 14, 2009
Hawaii has had a history of bed bugs in hotel rooms. What is a bed bug? The only one currently known to be in Hawaii is Cimex lectularius, aka the common bedbug. The wingless, flat, oval-shaped insects are about 3/8 inch in size, big enough to be spotted crawling around your sheets...

Was Any Toxic Chinese Drywall Installed In Hawaii Construction?

Posted on April 13, 2009
My earlier stories on drywall from China that produces noxious fumes, fouls air conditioning systems and smells like sulfur, resulted in many Comments. See - "Chinese Drywall Is Not DRAGONBOARD!" The problem seems to have surfaced in the Southeast states, and mainly in Florida...

One Dead And One Seriously Injured When Motorcycle Hits Guardrail On Oahu

Posted on April 13, 2009
A 27 year old woman driving a motorcycle on Kaukonahua Road on the North Shore was killed when her motorcycle went out of control and hit a guardrail. Her passenger, a 23 year old woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition and is improving...

Crash victim ID'd as Makawao man

Posted on April 12, 2009
Harrison Higa, 36 of Makawao, was identified Monday as the man who died Monday after his motorcycle crashed down an embankment off Piilani Highway in Ulupalakua. According to the report in the Honolulu Advertiser Maui police said Higa was traveling west on the highway when he lost control of his KX250F Kawasaki motorcycle, an off-road bike, and went down the embankment...

Motorcycle Deaths Skyrocket On Oahu

Posted on April 12, 2009
The sad facts about motorcycle crashes in Hawaii: 7 motorcycle deaths on Oahu in 2008 2 motorcycle deaths on Oahu on a single day - January 1, 2009 6 motorcycle deaths on Oahu in the first 3 months of 2009 2 motorcycle deaths on Neighbor Islands in March 2009 Speed probably has something to do with this...

Elderly Man Killed On Kaukonahua Road

Posted on April 12, 2009
TV news reporter Andrew Pereira of KHON TV news reported the death of an elderly man Tuesday morning on the dangerous Kaukonahua Road between Waialua and Schofield Barracks. Twenty two motorists have died on Oahu roads this year and in an an earlier fatal incident on this same road, Brittany Durchuk, 27, of Ewa Beach lost control of her motorcycle and died...

Motorcyclist Dies On Off Road Trail Above Kam Highway In Kahuku

Posted on April 12, 2009
Everyone knows that riding motorcycles on off road trails is dangerous. Is it more dangerous than riding a motorcycle in heavy traffic at night when other car and truck drivers don't see the bike? I don't know. But taking a motorcycle off road is definitely risky...

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

Posted on April 11, 2009
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 Center in critical condition after being treated at the scene by paramedics...

Big Pharma Gifts to Medical Institutions Exposed

Posted on April 11, 2009
A lot of health care news comes out of the financial industry. If you try to find out about how good a new drug is and search the internet you will find a lot of information that is tied to stock market sources. These often have press releases from pharmaceutical companie about research results at hospitals and Universities...

Automakers Put Profits Ahead of Safety - The Roof of Your Car Could Kill You

Posted on April 11, 2009
It is understandable that you may think of the roof of your car as primarily to keep the rain or snow off of you and keep your hair in place. But there is a lot more to that roof than cosmetics. Cars roll over. 10,000 people die every year in this country in roll over accidents...

Soldier Fights Frivilous Doctors After Fighting For His Family And His Country

Posted on April 09, 2009
Thanks to Tom Morton, Staff Writer for the Casper Wyoming Star-Tribune for this story about U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Edward Poche. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Edward Poche is a true hero. He fought for all of us in Iraq. Then he had to fight again when he came home against the American medical profession...

Genentech Voluntarily Withdraws Psoriasis Drug Raptiva [efalizumab]

Posted on April 09, 2009
The Wall Street Journal (4/9, B3, Winslow) reports that on Apr. 8, "Roche Holding AG's Genentech, Inc. unit said it is voluntarily withdrawing its psoriasis drug Raptiva [efalizumab] from the market after it was linked with" a "rare, but often fatal brain disorder," progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)...

Thermal Effects of Mobile Phones on Facial Nerves and Surrounding Soft Tissue

Posted on April 08, 2009
An article published in Laryngoscope, 2009 announces for the first time that researchers have investigated the possible thermal effects of microwaves from mobile phones on facial nerves (FN) and surrounding soft tissue in the face. Two things were measured on 12 rabbits prior to them being exposed to emissions from a mobile phone...

Afraid of Deadly Medical Errors If You Have To Go Into The Hospital? 8 Tips to Prevent Them.

Posted on April 07, 2009
By Martine Ehrenclou - Author of the Acclaimed book "Critical Conditions - The Essential Hospital Guide To Get Your Loved One Out Alive" Martine Ehrenclou No doubt you've heard about the frightening number of deadly medical errors that occur in hospitals nationwide...

Medline Website Allows Self-evaluation of Drinking Behavior: "Rethinking Drinking"

Posted on April 07, 2009
In an interesting and informative article: New Website About Drinking Is Very Informative anew tool is out there to help an individual check into their own drinking behavior. Michael Bryant a Minnesota personal injury attorney is getting the word out about this website in hopes that he sees fewer tragic clients in his office after a drunk driver kills or injures a family member...

Study Links Catastrophic Cartilage Damage To Pain Pumps

Posted on April 06, 2009
Placement of a pain pump at the site of a surgery (hip, shoulder, knee, etc.) has been shown by studies to cause serious cartilage damage in some patients. The medical term for such a pain pump is "intra-articular pain pump" and the cartilage damage is called Chondrolysis...

Were You Hurt By Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)?

Posted on April 06, 2009
Doctors believed until recently that long-term use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs such as Premarin, Depo Provera, and Prempro were safe. Here are guidelines to help you understand the risks associated with HRT treatments and criteria to know if you possibly have a claim...

FDA Warns 14 Major Pharmaceutical Companies About Misleading Ads

Posted on April 06, 2009
The Wall Street Journal (4/4, Favole) reported, "The Food and Drug Administration warned 14 major pharmaceutical companies about brief Internet ads that accompany searches on Google and other search engines, saying the ads were misleading because they didn't include risk information...

Falls Lead Cause of Serious Injury and Death Among Seniors

Posted on April 04, 2009
I get regular health and fitness updates called Fit Tips from a specialist here in Honolulu named Christie Bridges. She sent one recently that I have quoted below involving injuries from falls. Here is her story. "Every time I turn around lately, I've been reading an article on the subject of 'falls...

Doctor Myth #2: They Are NOT Leaving The State Because of Malpractice

Posted on March 30, 2009
The statistics in Hawaii show that we have more doctors per capita than 80% of the other states. Something like 300 doctors for each 100,000 Hawaii residents. Despite this fact the doctors in Hawaii are trying to take away consumer rights and be excused for injuring their patients through medical errors by bullying the Hawaii legislature into passing anti-consumer legislation...

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