Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Increased circulatory IL-6 during 8-week fluoxetine treatment is a risk factor for suicidal behaviors in youth” has been published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity online ahead of print (1). The authors examined whether fluoxetine treatment of adolescents with anxiety and/or depression influences levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Is there a relationship between chocolate consumption and symptoms of depression? A cross-sectional survey of 13,626 US adults” was recently published in Depression and Anxiety (1). Researchers examined associations between chocolate consumption and depressive symptoms in a large sample of adults in the United States. The data were from […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research paper, “Free thyroxine and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels in patients with seasonal affective disorder and matched controls” was published 20 years ago in the December 1999 issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders (1). Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is characterized by seasonal changes in mood and neurovegetative function. Depressions in fall […]
Steven Lippmann, M.D. The EHR: Pro & Cons Some years ago, the electronic health record (EHR) arrived with hopes to advance healthcare, expand research opportunities, and make medical charts readily transferable. These goals were not all realized; to the contrary, the EHR is troublesome for physicians and upsetting to our patients. Some people complain that, […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Expertscape, a leading international rating agency, published a December 2019 list of top world experts in the field of suicidology (1). The list is based on 35,572 articles published since 2009. According to Expertscape the 20 leading world experts on suicide are: Maurizio Pompili (Italy) – top 0.0011% of 87,631 published authors […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research note, “Seasonality associated with the serotonin transporter promoter repeat length polymorphism” was published in the November 1999 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry (1). The propensity of people to exhibit changes in mood and behavior with the changing seasons, also known as seasonality, can be viewed as a continuum […]
Dilip KC, M.D., Vidyulata Salunkhe, M.D., M.P.H., Bibodh Jung Karki, M.D., Amar Sutrawe, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Many commensal microbiota inhabit the human body, most commonly on skin and in the gastrointestinal tract. There are trillions of microorganisms in the intestine; the most frequent inhabitants of the gut are Firmicutes, Bacterioides, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Cyanobacteria […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A large, international congress on suicide research and prevention named “The 18th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior” (18th ESSSB) will be held in Rome, Italy, on September 1-4, 2020. Experts in the field of suicidology from all over the world will present research and clinical works. Prof. Marco Sarchiapone (Italy), […]
Jacob M. Appel, M.D., J.D. Most Americans take for granted the right to sue their physicians for negligent or reckless conduct. While considerable disagreement exists regarding such related issues as caps on payouts for “pain and suffering,” rare are objections to the basic principle that patients directly injured as a result of substandard treatment deserve […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The U.S News & World Report publishes rankings of the Medical Schools in the United States. According to the U.S News & World Report the twenty 2020 Best Medical Schools for research are: #1 Harvard University, Boston, MA #2 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD #3 Stanford University, Stanford, CA (tie) #3 University […]
