Jacob M. Appel, M.D., J.D. Every first-year law student is likely aware of the venerable legal maxim, popularized by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in Northern Securities Co. v. United States, that “hard cases make bad law.” In other words, a particularly disturbing set of facts or events may lead well-intentioned judges to make […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Suicide is one of the leading causes of liability against a psychiatrist. Suicide may also be a cause of liability against a non-psychiatric physician. Decreasing the risk of liability requires knowing the phenomenology of suicide, suicide risk assessment, understanding how malpractice cases develop, exploring the issues of foreseeability and risk evaluation, and […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Dr. Slavko Ziherl, M.D., Ph.D. (1945 – 2012) was an eminent Slovenian physician. He graduated from the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Medicine in Slovenia. Dr. Ziherl studied psychiatry at the University Psychiatric Clinic Ljubljana in Slovenia. He also studied psychiatry in the Netherlands, Great Britain, United States, and Canada. Dr. Ziherl […]
Leo Sher, M.D. My commentary, “Prevention of suicidal behavior in diabetes: the role of primary care” was published in the QJM: An International Journal of Medicine online ahead of print on July 21, 2022 and included in the December 2022 print issue of the Journal (1). A summary of my article is below: Studies in different countries […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Today, on Sunday, September 18, National Respect Day is celebrated in the U.S. Let’s reflect deeper about how we treat the people around us and make changes wherever necessary. A good place to start is by active listening and treating other people as we want to be treated. Let’s respectfully consider the […]
Steven Lippmann, M.D. Infectious diseases are big in the news nowadays: monkeypox is spreading worldwide, including in our country. This comes despite rising coronavirus numbers and now we also hear about acute hepatitis affecting children. What if you see a person that might have monkeypox? Here is a quick guide. Consider monkeypox currently if you […]
Steven Lippmann, M.D. The coronavirus pandemic caused us some hard times – disruption, devastation, and death. Despite a recent rise in COVID-19 disease incidence, there is a general feeling that the illness is diminishing. There are countermeasures to mitigate its severity: several vaccines, monoclonal antibody therapies, and antiviral agents. Vaccines can induce some immunity, monoclonal […]
Steven Lippmann, M.D. “Botox”, or botulinum toxin, has long had popular cosmetic use at smoothing facial wrinkles. It is also prescribed for pathologies, mostly of neuromuscular origins, like in pain syndromes and/or muscular spam cases. Many people like and benefit from the results. Researchers began noticing that injecting extracts from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum into […]
Leo Sher, M.D. My commentary, “Smoking enhances suicide risk-a significant role in the COVID-19 pandemic?” has recently been published in the QJM: An International Journal of Medicine (1). A summary of my article is below: The COVID-19 outbreak has severely affected the whole world. Considerable evidence suggests that tobacco smoking is associated with increased severity […]
Aya Allam, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. We know lots about the current omicron spread. So, what is going on with this new antiviral drug, branded as Paxlovid and made by Pfizer? This pharmaceutical was just approved for early-on therapeutic prescribing to patients at high risk to SARS-Cov-2 virus infection yielding a serious COVID-19 disease. It […]
