DMI Research Blog http://www.dmiresearch.com/blog Dedication, Motivation, Integrity Sat, 22 May 2010 17:26:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kids and Research As a parent have you ever thought about the medicines that you give your children?  Have they been proven as safe and effective?  In reality, only about a quarter of all approved drugs marketed in the United States have had clinical trials performed involving pediatric patients.  Doses for children are often [...]]]> http://www.dmiresearch.com/blog/kids-and-research/ High Fructose Corn Syrup to Blame? I spend hours a week exercising and trying to trick my not so young body into returning to the body of a few decades ago.  It’s not like I’m asking for the body of college years.  That would be a miracle and a whole different blog topic.

As a researcher and scientist I read a lot [...]]]> http://www.dmiresearch.com/blog/high-fructose-corn-syrup-to-blame/ Stroke Risk Associated with Migraines and Aura I recently read an article that links  Migraines with aura as well as the use of estrogen with increased stroke risk. As a scientist I know to use caution with studies that are published without regard to the source of the data, the size of the sample pool or who was funding the data.   [...]]]> http://www.dmiresearch.com/blog/stroke-risk-associated-with-migraines-and-aura/ Kids and Migraines Headache is the most frequent neurological symptom and the most common manifestation of pain in children.  Because children are less likely to articulate their problem or seek help their needs are often unmet.  Children who suffer from headaches may have difficulty concentrating on their school work and often experience more missed days and more frequent [...]]]> http://www.dmiresearch.com/blog/kids-and-migraines/ Will lower drug prices jeopardize drug research? Anyone who has filled a prescription lately was probably astonished at the cost and would agree that we have to find a way to lower prescription drug prices.  So will lower drug prices jeopardize drug research?

Understandably the pharmaceutical companies have to be able to recoup the cost of bringing new drugs to market.  At an [...]]]> http://www.dmiresearch.com/blog/will-lower-drug-prices-jeopardize-drug-research/ DMI Research and H1N1 Recently we were on a TV special about H1N1.  It was an interactive news program that looked at H1N1 from many perspectives.  Viewers had an opportunity to chat on-line with 4 experts including DMI Research’s Kathy Hann, an expert from the Health Department of Hillsborough County, a school board official and a local physician.  There [...]]]> http://www.dmiresearch.com/blog/dmi-research-and-h1n1/