Stryker Hip Implants, first introduced in 2003, have come under fire by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), following complaints of squeaky ceramic hip joints, among other problems. …
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,…
Today I report the sad saga of Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas. As reported by Jamie Stengle of the Associated Press in Forbes, Feds: Parkland conditions a ‘threat’ to patients a Texas…
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…
Government should care: Breast Cancer Risk in Hawaii Linked to Pesticides in Drinking Water and Indoor Air But then after watching the debt limit debacle recently in Congress, my expectations of…
Medtronic manufactures an interesting new medical product called INFUSE used in spinal fusion procedures. For any doctor using INFUSE, or patient having the product used in their spinal fusion, the…
A spark can happen anywhere and if you have a plastic gas can that you bought at Wal-Mart you may want to check out whether or not it has a small mesh filter – a flame arrester – placedin the…
In recent controversial and somewhat confusing study Mobile Phone Use and Brain Tumors in Children and Adolescents: A Multicenter Case–Control Study a European group looked into the issue of…
Lawyers who are serious about helping injured people, belong to the national organizations that represent the interests of their clients. These organizations provide valuable sources of information…
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…
Texas has always been a state the identifies with outlaws and cowboys. Well in 2011 that reputation has taken an ugly turn. Texas has passed laws that make it nearly impossible to sue doctors and…
Pedestrian deaths area chronic problem in Hawaii. I have written extensively on the subject in the past and today another death has renewed my interest. KITV News Now reported today…