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Above: Progression of the painting of the Hapa mural. At this point, Kamea Hadar had written out a portion of Obama's 2008 Race Speech at the Constitution Center, to underlay the portrait. Honolulu-based muralist Kamea Hadar joins us...

1. Breathing high levels of asbestos fibers causes serious health problems. Asbestos is set of six fibrous, naturally occurring minerals, which have been mined from the Earth for several thousand years. Inhalation of asbestos fibers can cause serious...

The Money Follows the Person Grant program has helped more than 50,000 people move out of assisted living and nursing home institutions, back into their communities of choice. The program gives people the right to decide where they...

Antipsychotic drugs are harmful if you do not need them. They make life more difficult for people with dementia who take these drugs unnecessarily. Side effects include increased anxiety, restlessness, loss of hunger or thirst, excessive sleeping and...

Above: The State Department of Health's Maui District Health Office We've written previously about the need for improved care home inspections and the challenges in choosing a care facility for elderly individuals. This week brought new local developments...

Above: Kim Klobuchar (D-MN), one of the four senators who introduced the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act. Photo c/o Edward Kimmel, CC BY-SA 2.0 Last week, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) introduced the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution...

Community resources and advocacy groups like these help us make the world a safer place for our athletes.   State of Hawai‘i Neurotrauma Supports http://health.hawaii.gov/nt/ The State's Neurotrauma Supports department develops, implements, and monitors a comprehensive system of...