Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Pediatric Medicine category.
Pharmaceutical Profile: Sequenom
Filed in Clinical Trials, Pediatric Medicine, Research, Sociology, Technology, September 23, 2008, 12:01 am by Mariano DiFabioI was reading my monthly copy of Pharmaceutical Executive magazine when I came across Joanna Breitstein’s excellent article profiling the latest trend in the pharmaceutical arena: big deals that are safe bets. In her article, “Place your Bets,” Breitstein characterizes Roche’s bid to acquire Genentech as a reflection of the cautious approach to deal-making that [...]
Speaking of Vaccinations…
Filed in Pediatric Medicine, Personal Health, Research, Safety, September 9, 2008, 12:01 am by Mariano DiFabioIn February, I posted an article about the increasing amounts of research being done with the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccinations and how there is an increasing number of studies being done that disprove the vaccination’s link to autism. In it, I gave a little history on Andrew Wakefield, the British scientist who [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Vaccination Debate
Filed in General, Pediatric Medicine, Research, September 21, 2007, 8:30 pm by Mariano DiFabioI was making myself a snack the other night when I noticed Jenny McCarthy on the TV program my wife happened to be watching. Having not seen her as much in recent years as I did when I was younger, I was curious as to whether she was on a talk show because she [...]
