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Brain Drain, Smoking, and Jenny McCarthy

Filed in Personal Health, Research, October 21, 2008, 12:01 am by Mariano DiFabio , ,

The past few weeks have been rough.  I have a lot of project work going on, and I find myself staying up later and later to try to keep up with it all.  I guess it’s one of the consequences of trying to build a new company, grow a family, and keep in shape.  There [...]

Speaking of Vaccinations…

Filed in Pediatric Medicine, Personal Health, Research, Safety, September 9, 2008, 12:01 am by Mariano DiFabio , ,

In 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 [...]

Back to Virtuality

Filed in Research, Sociology, Technology, June 17, 2008, 4:50 pm by Mariano DiFabio , ,

It’s been a while since I last wrote on the blog, and for those of you that follow regularly, I apologize. We’ve had a lot going on in our company, and if you haven’t already heard, we re-designed our web site (go to www.avelient.com to see the new site) and released our first major [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Vaccination Debate

Filed in General, Pediatric Medicine, Research, September 21, 2007, 8:30 pm by Mariano DiFabio , ,

I 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 [...]