Leo Sher, M.D. My “Commentary: Police and suicide prevention” has been published in “Frontiers in Public Health” under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Therefore, we can publish this article on the website, www.internetandpsychiatry.com Citation: Sher L (2016) Commentary: Police and suicide prevention. Front. Public Health 4:119. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00119 Commentary: Police and suicide […]
Devina Singh, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Introduction In the era of digital media and social networking, presenting oneself in pictures has gained prominence. Such photography has become widely accessible. A self-image using a web camera and/or mobile device has become so famous that a new term, “selfie”, came into existence. Selfie was the Oxford Dictionary […]
Leo Sher, M.D. March 30 is a National Doctor’s Day in the United States. A National Doctors’ Day is a designation recognized medicine as a special calling accompanied by challenging academics, many difficult exams and many long hours of studies and work. In February 1991, President George H. W. Bush signed a law designating Doctors’ […]
Simrat Kaur Sarai, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. E-cigarettes emerged on to the American market about one decade ago. Their consumption by children has evidenced a dramatic rise in popularity. Health issues about electronic cigarette safety are of concern particularly after long-term use by young people. They might be less toxic than tobacco smoking, but that […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The amount of energy in an item of food or drink is measured in calories. An average man needs around 2,500 calories a day to maintain a healthy body weight. For an average woman, this amount is about 2,000 calories a day. Most experts recommend a minimum of 1000-1200 calories a day […]
Leo Sher, M.D. My “Commentary: Exogenous testosterone rapidly increases aggressive behavior in dominant and impulsive men” has been published in “Frontiers in Public Health” under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Therefore, we can publish this article on the website, www.internetandpsychiatry.com Citation: Sher L (2016) Commentary: Exogenous testosterone rapidly increases aggressive behavior in […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A healthy lifestyle is very important. Making just a few changes in your lifestyle can help you live longer. As people were making New Year’s resolutions, the American Medical Association (AMA) proposed recommendations to ensure a healthy lifestyle in 2017 (1). At the end of December 2016, the AMA made seven recommendations […]
Simrat Kaur Sarai, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Suicide is one of the 10 leading causes of death, within all groups 10-64 years of age (1). Despite consistent declines from 1986-1999, the United States experienced a 24% increase in suicide rates between 1999-2014, rising to 10-13 per 100,000 people; such fatalities included males and females for […]
Priyanga Jayakumar, M.D., Rajashekar Reddy Yeruva, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Following zika epidemics in 2015, this virus infection became an issue of preventing transmission and eradication. A global threat, it induces serious congenital abnormalities and neurological diseases (1). Since this viral is sexually transmitted, there are behavioral means to prevent zika transmission. Male-to-female sexually transmitted […]
Amy K. Grochala, B.A., Jess G. Fiedorowicz, M.D., Ph.D. Anger is a ubiquitous human emotion that arises when a person feels that they have purposefully been wronged or their efforts to obtain some goals have been thwarted. It can be as mild as irritability or as extreme as rage, and can be kept inward or […]
