Guarding Against HPV
Filed in Personal Health, Research, January 29, 2008, 11:22 pm by Mariano DiFabioI was having a conversation with one of my friends the other day over lunch and we happened to touch on a recent article on this blog. We were nearing the end of our discussion, and she asked if I had any plans to write a post about the human papillomavirus, or HPV. [...]
Appreciating Happiness through Melancholy
Filed in Research, Sociology, January 25, 2008, 11:55 pm by Mariano DiFabioI’m sitting here on my couch tonight, my nose red and sore, my lips chapped, my nose running, and my entire body feeling that familiar achy feeling that comes on as a virus takes control of my body and becomes a cold. I’m most certainly not at my happiest, and it shows, both in [...]
Sea-ing is Believing: New Way to Treat Cold Symptoms in Children
Filed in Pediatric Medicine, Research, January 22, 2008, 11:50 pm by Mariano DiFabioIn the last few months, drug companies and the FDA have made efforts to communicate the dangers of using cough and cold medicines in children under 2, and the possibility that they could be ineffective in any children under 12. We’ve explored the news items here in 2 posts, “Feed a Cold, Because Cough [...]
Need Money, Will Warn of Dangerous Drugs
Filed in General, January 18, 2008, 12:20 pm by Mariano DiFabioThe FDA was once identified as a gold standard of government agencies, taking its responsibility to the public safety very seriously. It was a key player in mitigating some potentially disastrous events in our short pharmaceutical history, as I explored in, “A Brief FDA History Lesson.” In recent months, however, it has come [...]
Bridging Solitary to Social Via Virtual Reality
Filed in Personal Health, Research, Sociology, Technology, January 15, 2008, 11:57 pm by Mariano DiFabioIt’s not often that 2 subjects that pique my interest converge so nicely into one article.
As you know from a number of posts on this blog, I’ve been writing extensively about my experiences in Second Life, and how pioneers in this virtual world are leveraging its unique characteristics to either further their educational mission or [...]
Hot Spots, Hot Topic
Filed in Pediatric Medicine, Research, January 11, 2008, 9:53 pm by Mariano DiFabioBack in September, I took an opportunity to write a post on my blog about The Vaccination Debate, centered around the profound increase in autism cases throughout the US and the work and their possible link to the series of vaccinations given to children early in their life. Though argued by the Center of [...]
Personal Doctor in my Pill
Filed in General, Technology, January 8, 2008, 11:59 am by Mariano DiFabioYou may remember my article about Swiss experimentation with Microbots and their potential for use in new surgical procedures in the future. Being a technology professional, I’m amazed when we can identify ways to leverage technology to make things smaller or to make smaller things do more. Along those lines, I was fascinated [...]
A Rose By Any Other Name Could Be Depression
Filed in General, Personal Health, Research, Sociology, January 4, 2008, 10:23 pm by Mariano DiFabioA few weeks ago I was on a train headed into New York City for a meeting. Somewhere nearby, there was an overpowering smell of roses, and judging from the lack of flowers in any of the seats I surmised that it was someone’s perfume I was smelling. Generally, a scent like that [...]
Top 7 BioPharm Blog Stories of 2007
Filed in General, January 1, 2008, 12:01 am by Mariano DiFabioWell, I debated for a while as to whether I should do a “top stories” article of 2007. I was going to base it on a comprehensive review of blogs and news articles out there, picking and choosing those stories I agreed with and posting them here. However, with over 50 articles written [...]
