Category Archive

The following is a list of all entries from the Research category.

Superbugs

Filed in Pediatric Medicine, Personal Health, Research, February 29, 2008, 9:45 pm by Mariano DiFabio ,

Last 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 [...]

Seeing Double: Pet Cloning

Filed in General, Research, Technology, February 19, 2008, 11:15 pm by Mariano DiFabio

In 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 DiFabio , ,

As 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 DiFabio , ,

It’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 DiFabio ,

I 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 DiFabio ,

I’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 DiFabio ,

In 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 [...]

Bridging Solitary to Social Via Virtual Reality

Filed in Personal Health, Research, Sociology, Technology, January 15, 2008, 11:57 pm by Mariano DiFabio ,

It’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 DiFabio ,

Back 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 [...]

A Rose By Any Other Name Could Be Depression

Filed in General, Personal Health, Research, Sociology, January 4, 2008, 10:23 pm by Mariano DiFabio , , ,

A 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 [...]