Nightmare on Provigil Street
Filed in Personal Health, Research, October 30, 2007, 9:05 pm by Mariano DiFabioI love to sleep. I love going to sleep, I love sleeping, and I love waking up after a great night’s sleep. The only thing I don’t like about sleep is how much time it takes, but other than that I’ll take as much as I can get. That said, I often [...]
Triple-play on Cancer
Filed in Clinical Trials, Research, October 26, 2007, 10:18 pm by Mariano DiFabioI remember when I was young I didn’t quite understand the concept of cancer. The thought that there was something out there that couldn’t be destroyed through medication, and that didn’t limit its attacks to the frail and elderly but could bring the young and healthy to their knees was frightening. I remember [...]
A Brief FDA History Lesson
Filed in Clinical Trials, General, Legal, Research, October 23, 2007, 11:29 pm by Mariano DiFabioJust before a presentation I gave on Monday concerning Virtual Reality and its use in medicine, the group that had assembled was discussing a variety of current topics in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. One of the attendees, Peter Castellano, caught my interest when he described an article he found in the October 2007 [...]
Feed a Cold, because Cough & Cold Infant Meds are Gone
Filed in Pediatric Medicine, Research, October 19, 2007, 1:03 pm by Mariano DiFabioEarlier this week, my sister-in-law (the one who’s pregnant) and my mother-in-law told my wife and me about a large voluntary recall by drug companies of their over-the-counter cold and cough medications. For today’s blog, I decided to research the issue further, because we regularly give our son Tylenol on those days when his [...]
The Future of our Health
Filed in Personal Health, October 16, 2007, 12:01 am by Mariano DiFabioToday’s post is courtesy of Susan Torlucci, an NSA Wellness Educator that I met at one of my small business networking groups. She began her career as an information technology expert, deeply involved in system design, development, implementation and training throughout the first 13 years of her career. After a hiatus of about 10 years [...]
Banking Baby’s Blood
Filed in Pediatric Medicine, Research, October 12, 2007, 9:54 pm by Mariano DiFabioYou may recall my article from a few weeks ago entitled, “Living in the 3rd Dimension,” when I wrote about my sister-in-law and the 3D Ultrasound she was planning for her baby. I wrote about her experience (which was, technologically speaking, not without problems but resulted in some great pictures of my future nephew [...]
Women: Think before you Drink
Filed in Personal Health, Research, October 9, 2007, 2:54 pm by Mariano DiFabioAlcohol has become a very confusing substance in recent memory. When I was growing up, it was something that only the adults drank, but it was something that could be very bad for me so I wasn’t encouraged to start. It was a substance associated with terrible addiction, yet served as a rite [...]
A Gain of No Pain
Filed in Research, October 5, 2007, 12:59 pm by Mariano DiFabioI remember in a recent episode called “Insensitivity” of the TV show House, MD, a woman named Hannah is taken into the hospital after she and her mother are in a car accident. As with most of these episodes, there are several symptoms which the patients exhibit that prove to be medically mysterious, but [...]
No Room for Error
Filed in Research, October 2, 2007, 3:03 pm by Mariano DiFabioIn spite of what my wife thinks when she looks over at my desk, I’m a pretty organized person. I work within the realm of what I call “organized chaos,” in which there aren’t necessarily “piles” of paper on my desk but really one big “pile” in which everything resides. Contrary to logic, [...]
