Superbugs
Filed in Pediatric Medicine, Personal Health, Research, February 29, 2008, 9:45 pm by Mariano DiFabioLast week, my son was not himself. He was easily frustrated, especially given that it was difficult to express what was bothering him at his current level of language development. Both my wife and I attributed his behavior to his teeth likely bothering him, but my mother-in-law on Wednesday mentioned that she thought [...]
New Storage Devices
Filed in Technology, February 26, 2008, 10:51 pm by Mariano DiFabioIn technology, there is a constant struggle for more storage. As consumers, we are continually introduced to new ways to use computers to express ourselves, but those expressions require more and more hard drive space. Consider even that the standard storage of many MP3 players are several times larger than that of computer [...]
Searching for Health
Filed in Technology, February 22, 2008, 6:40 am by Mariano DiFabioAt heart, I am a technology addict. I have 2 computers at home that I use, I have a cell phone, and I love using my iPod Touch to organize and reference my calendar everywhere. I would, quite honestly, love to be writing a technology blog, but I just think that would be [...]
Seeing Double: Pet Cloning
Filed in General, Research, Technology, February 19, 2008, 11:15 pm by Mariano DiFabioIn 1996, the scientific community saw a breakthrough when Dolly the sheep was deemed the first animal cloned from an adult sheep cell. With the breakthrough came a slew of moral questions asked by any number of groups. Were we playing God? Were we going too far? What kinds of problems [...]
MMR Vaccine and Autism: More Meticulous Research
Filed in Research, February 15, 2008, 11:22 pm by Mariano DiFabioAs the number of cases of children identified with autism grows in this country, it seems that the number of news items on the subject increases along with it. As you may have seen even on this blog, I’ve covered a lot about the disorder, from its possible link to vaccinations to its treatment [...]
Ironing Out the Wrinkles
Filed in General, Legal, Personal Health, Research, February 8, 2008, 11:59 pm by Mariano DiFabioIt’s late, and I’m sitting here at squinting at my computer screen most likely because I’ve positioned it too far away from my eyes. At least, that’s what I keep telling myself to make myself feel better.
I believe at some point in my life I will need glasses. I’ve been lucky so far, [...]
Super Blog
Filed in General, Sociology, February 5, 2008, 11:52 pm by Mariano DiFabioThis week seems to be a week for supers. The Superbowl was on Sunday, with the New York Giants defeating the near-perfect New England Patriots in a stunning upset and deserved victory. Today is Super Tuesday, and Democrats and Republicans are vying for the top candidacy spot in their respective parties. And [...]
Gone to the Birds
Filed in General, February 1, 2008, 4:40 pm by Mariano DiFabioIn the throes of a bad cold/flu season for me (I’ve been sick three times this winter, possibly a new record), I was reminded today of the media attention a couple of years ago that surrounded the avian bird flu, also known as H5N1, when it promised to be the new flu pandemic [...]
