Robertas Bunevicius, M.D., Ph.D. I totally agree with the statement that the low social status of physicians means the low-quality health care. ‘Low quality’ means not only low quality of care but it also means low morale as well. In our country (Lithuania), the social status and salaries of physicians are low. Tips and semi-legal […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Several weeks ago, I was reading “The New York Times” and came across an article entitled, “Out of Camelot, Knights in White Coats Lose Way” (1). The article contained some interesting statements including the following, “Physicians used to be the pillars of any community. If you were smart and sincere and ambitious, […]
Hristo Kojuharov, M.D., Hristina Koleva, M.D. Detoxification is an algorithm of therapeutic procedures and manipulations designed for alleviation and control of withdrawal symptoms following cessation of narcotics in patients with physical dependence. Its focus is on minimizing the immediate health risks related to the initial treatment of withdrawal. It is well established that heroin addiction […]
María Dolores Braquehais, M.D., Ph.D. There is an increasing evidence of the effects of childhood trauma in the developing brain of children and adolescents (1). Child maltreatment (or child abuse and neglect) substantially contributes to child mortality and morbidity and has long-lasting effects on mental health, drug and alcohol misuse (especially in girls), risky sexual […]
Kalmár Sándor M.D. Ph.D. “If we teach more we must cure less.” (József Fodor) The pedagogue society is in a crisis in Hungary. The Hungarian education system produces below-average results with above-average costs while reproducing the above average inequalities. Earlier primary and secondary school teachers and especially formmasters paid a significant role in the function […]
Carl J. Lavie, M.D., FACC, Richard V. Milani, M.D., FACC, Thomas J. Lavie, M.D. We read with interest the excellent paper by Kokkinos and Myers1 on the importance of exercise training (ET) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) for cardiovascular (CV) health. They quoted Hippocrates regarding the benefits of physical activity and ET. Likewise, we are reminded […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Professor Zoltan Rihmer, an eminent suicidologist and a Distinguished Guest of our website and his colleagues have published the article, “Risk factors for suicide in Hungary: a case-control study”1. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, […]
Frances Finnigan, Ph.D. What’s in your drink?Throughout the ages alcohol has been people’s preferred drug. Sadly, is also one of the most dangerous. All the alcoholic drinks that we enjoy, use and abuse contain ethyl alcohol (chemical formula C2 H5 OH), a member of a large family of alcohols including methyl alcohol (meths) benzene and […]
Jacob M. Appel, M.D., J.D. The vast majority of physicians will encounter a patient who is unfit to drive an automobile as a result of cognitive impairments, untreated epilepsy, chronic intoxication or other underlying medical conditions. Whether providers are permitted to break confidentiality to report such patients to the authorities—and whether there are certain circumstances in […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Overweight and obesity have become a major public health problem in both developing and developed countries as they are related to a wide spectrum of diseases including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and depression. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height that is commonly used to classify underweight, overweight and […]
