On September 22, 2009, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a ban on cigarettes with flavors characterizing fruit, candy, or clove. The ban, authorized by the new Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, is part of a national effort by the FDA to reduce smoking in the U.S. The FDA’s ban on […]
Eduardo Jesús Aguilar García-Iturrospe, M.D., Ph.D., was born in 1965 in Sagunto (Valencia, Spain). He graduated from high school in Clarkston, WA (USA), and from Medical School in Valencia (Spain). He completed his residency in Psychiatry at Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia (Spain) including an elective in Pittsburgh where he met two outstanding researchers […]
David N, Aumann C, Bewernick BH, Santos NS, Lehnhardt FG, Vogeley K. University of Cologne, Koeln, Germany.J Autism Dev Disord. 2009 Sep 10. Mentalizing refers to making inferences about other people’s mental states, whereas visuospatial perspective taking refers to inferring other people’s viewpoints. Both abilities seem vital for social functioning; yet, their exact relationship is […]
Maria Dolores Braquehais Conesa, M.D., Ph.D. Impulsivity is a relatively new concept used mainly since the nineteenth century in the Occidental realm to refer to the old idea of control of passions. Nowadays, impulsivity is studied as a personality dimension as well as a diagnostic category (“Impulse Control Disorders”). From another point of view, neurobiologists […]
Dr. Jess G. Fiedorowicz is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. He graduated summa cum laude from Marquette University and with Honors in Research from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed a medicine (transitional year) internship at St. Luke’s Hospital in Milwaukee, […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Suicide rates in the U.S. military are rising. American troops are taking their own lives in the largest numbers since records began to be kept in 1980. In 2008, the Army reported 128 suicides among active duty and mobilized National Guard and Reserves personnel (1). In 2007 and 2006, 115 and 102 […]
Dr. Robertas Bunevicius is a physician and researcher specialized in psychiatry, endocrinology, and psychophysiology. He received a superior clinical and research training in Lithuania, Russia and the USA. Dr. Bunevicius received his MD degree from the Kaunas University of Medicine in Kaunas, Lithuania; Ph.D. degree from Research Endocrinology Center of the Academy of Sciences of […]
“In 1994, I graduated in Medicine and Surgery from Cairo University in Egypt. After graduation, I obtained master degrees in preventive and internal medicine from Cairo and Alzhar Universities, respectively. Due to my excellent performance in the graduate studies, I was selected as a best candidate to pursue PhD in epidemiology and biostatistics from Tulane […]
Masahito Fushimi, M.D., Ph.D. A history of previous suicide attempts serves as a significant risk factor associated with suicide victims. In other words, suicide attempters have a high probability of completing suicide in the future (i.e., high-risk group for future suicide victims). In fact, one of the important suicide prevention measures is to provide care […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that psychological problems are associated with cardiovascular disorders (1,2). Studies of war veterans from prior wars have shown that those with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at substantially increased risk of developing and dying from cardiovascular disease (3,4). A research group from San Francisco examined the association […]
