Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Personal Health category.
Little Exercise, Big Benefit
Filed in Personal Health, Technology, August 12, 2008, 12:01 am by Mariano DiFabioAbout four weeks ago, around the time the elliptical machine in my basement decided to break, I resolved it was time for me to (begrudgingly) start running again. In the four weeks since, I have built myself up from a labored breathing after only eight tenths of a mile to a more modest pant [...]
Pharmaceutical start-ups: Phytomedics
Filed in Clinical Trials, Legal, Personal Health, Research, Safety, July 29, 2008, 12:01 am by Mariano DiFabioI read today about a really interesting pharmaceutical company that, though it’s considered a start-up, has spent the last 12 years researching and developing new drugs and methodologies that will allow for more rapid and safer development of drug products: Phytomedics. Their focus is on botanical drugs, which, in theory, could provide many of [...]
Pharmaceutical Start-ups: WellGen
Filed in Personal Health, Research, July 1, 2008, 12:01 am by Mariano DiFabioOn April 7th, I had the opportunity to attend the biannual Pharm Fest at Montclair State University. It was a well-organized and interesting event, with several seminars of interest. I wish I could write a full-fledged article on each of the panelists I heard from during that seminar, because I believe they’re all [...]
$10,000 Health Challenge to Big Pharma
Filed in Personal Health, Research, June 24, 2008, 12:01 am by Mariano DiFabioThe other day I was forwarded a link by a friend of mine to a personal health newsletter called “NaturalNews.com.” This was actually for a technology consulting position that I had been forwarded, but in doing my due diligence, I investigated the web site to find out more about the company. I found [...]
Immune System Switches
Filed in Personal Health, Research, March 4, 2008, 11:24 pm by Mariano DiFabioFor as much control as we exert over our bodies, it’s amazing to me how much control it retains for itself. So many involuntary actions that occur regardless of whether we want them to or not. I really hadn’t thought much about it until I came across an article in Harvard Magazine entitled, [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
