Leo Sher, M.D. The 10th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry was held on May 29 – June 2, 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic. The Congress was organized by the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP). The opening ceremony was conducted on May 29th. Prof. Florence Thibaut, WFSBP President, Dr. Leos Heger, Minister of […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The article, “Temperaments mediate suicide risk and psychopathology among patients with bipolar disorders” by Maurizio Pompili, Zoltan Rihmer, Hagop Akiskal and their associates has attracted my attention. The authors studied a large group of patients with bipolar disorders. They showed that certain personality features predicted both suicide risk and psychopathology. Among other […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Cell phone use has recently been categorized as possibly carcinogenic to humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, which develops scientific cancer-prevention strategies for the World Health Organization (WHO). The panel of experts state that studies do not show definitively that cell phone use increases cancer risk. However, they suggest […]
Graham J McDougall, Ph.D., R.N. Physicians in the twentieth century, MDs were entrepreneurs, that is they were in business as solo practitioners. They seemed to value the individual, family, and community as their patients and therefore held in high esteem. This is a commentary on the article, “The social status of physicians and the quality […]
Christopher R. Bailey and Allison M. Greene Time is indeed a valued commodity to all. But for young adults who choose to pursue a career in medicine, the time to pursue personal dreams is often clouded by the very real strictures of required pre-medical coursework and expected research and volunteering. As we evolve from college […]
Masahito Fushimi, M. D., Ph. D. The status of physicians is declining in Japan as well. The fact that we often see news about medical lawsuits against physicians symbolizes this trend. In addition, today one of the major issues is the shortage and uneven distribution of physicians in Japan. It is said that the absolute […]
Tatiana Elistratova, M.D., Ph.D. and Andrey Soloviev, M.D., Ph.D. In spite of pathogenetic similarity of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and idiopathic epilepsy, they are usually considered as antagonistic diseases. It is known that in PD patients, epilepsy occurs three times less often than in the rest of the population, and the development of PD in patients […]
Allison M. Greene and Christopher R. Bailey It used to be true that superior academic performance and heavy involvement in extracurricular activities were sufficient to guarantee a student acceptance to medical school. But the application process is not what it used to be. Medical school admission committees realize that the caliber of an applicant does […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Just as we cannot step in the same river twice, we will never again see the world of neuroscience as we did before the scientific advancements of the past 2-3 decades. These developments have profoundly influenced all biomedical fields. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was discovered in the beginning of 1980s by Yves […]
Allison Greene and Christopher Bailey After reading “Out of Camelot, Knights in White Coats Lose Way” we compared Dr. Jauhar’s report to our own perspectives on medicine. As medical research assistants and future medical students, we aspire to conduct our careers with the type of unwavering enthusiasm for medicine that we recognize in the physicians […]
