Said Shahtahmasebi, Ph.D. Environmental changes including global warming over recent decades have stressed the reality that the earth’s resources are not infinite. Depleting resources has given additional importance to the idea of ‘sustainability’. To slow down global change world leaders have met and decided on targets and actions. We have seen sustainable housing, sustainable farming, […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Suicidal behavior among war veterans may frequently be related to depression and/or PTSD (1-5). The risk of suicide attempts among the PTSD population is six times greater than in the general population (2) and even higher among treatment seeking war veterans with PTSD (3). Several years ago, I proposed that some or […]
Leo Sher, M.D. February 27, 2010. The 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Chile around 3:30 am today killing a lot of people, flattening buildings and triggering a tsunami. The earthquake is one of the strongest on record in Chile. The U.S. Geological Survey, which monitors seismic data around the world, warned that a large […]
Gradus JL, Qin P, Lincoln AK, Miller M, Lawler E, Sørensen HT, Lash TL. Am J Epidemiol. 2010 Feb 16. Most research regarding posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicide has focused on suicidal ideation or attempts; no known study of the association between PTSD and completed suicide in a population-based sample has been reported. This […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The book, “Suicide in the Military” edited by Leo Sher and Alexander Vilens has just been published by Nova Science Publishers in New York. Suicidal behavior in the military is considered a major clinical and social problem in many societies. The leading experts in psychiatry, psychology, suicidology, and public health from many […]
María Dolores Braquehais Conesa, M.D., Ph.D. “I am constantly amazed by man’s inhumanity to man”Primo Levi (1919-1987) War can be defined as a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations. About 30 armed conflicts are occurring now around the globe involving more than 25 countries (1). The majority of […]
Higo S, Akashi K, Sakimura K, Tamamaki N.Kyushu University of Nursing and Social Welfare Kumamoto, Japan.Front Neuroanat. 2009;3:25. gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic neurons in the neocortex have been regarded as interneurons and speculated to modulate the activity of neurons locally. Recently, however, several experiments revealed that neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)-positive GABAergic neurons project cortico-cortically with […]
Bishop A, Anderson JE.Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama at Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, USA.Toxicology. 2005 Mar 15;208(2):193-205. Nitric oxide (NO) is a free radical gas that has a Janus nature. As indicated by the literature and by our studies, in the cell, NO can either function as a beneficial physiological agent utilized for essential […]
Bishop A, Hobbs KG, Eguchi A, Jeffrey S, Smallwood L, Pennie C, Anderson J, Estévez AG.Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, USA.J Neurochem. 2009 Apr;109(1):93-104. Depending on its concentration, nitric oxide (NO) has beneficial or toxic effects. In pathological conditions, NO reacts with superoxide to form peroxynitrite, which nitrates proteins […]
Bishop A, Gooch R, Eguchi A, Jeffrey S, Smallwood L, Anderson J, Estevez AG.Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama at Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, USA. J Neurochem. 2009 Apr;109(1):74-84. During CNS injury and diseases, nitric oxide (NO) is released at a high flux rate leading to formation of peroxynitrite (ONOO(*)) and other reactive nitrogenous species, […]
