Kiphuth IC, Utz KS, Noble AJ, Köhrmann M, Schenk T. Stroke. 2014 Oct 2. pii: STROKEAHA.113.004459. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: A transient ischemic attack (TIA) involves temporary neurological symptoms but leaves a patient symptom-free. Patients are faced with an increased risk for future stroke, and the manifestation of the TIA itself […]
Janevic T, Kahn LG, Landsbergis P, Cirillo PM, Cohn BA, Liu X, Factor-Litvak P. Fertil Steril. 2014 Aug;102(2):530-8. Abstract. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate associations between work-related stress, stressful life events, and perceived stress and semen quality. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis. SETTING: Northern California. PATIENT(S): 193 men from the Child Health and Development Studies evaluated between 2005-2008. INTERVENTION(S): […]
Martines RB, Ng DL, Greer PW, Rollin PE, Zaki SR. J Pathol. 2014 Oct 9. doi: 10.1002/path.4456. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract. Ebolaviruses and marburgviruses include some of the most virulent and fatal pathogens known to humans. These viruses cause severe haemorrhagic fevers with case fatality rates ranging from 25% to 90%. The diagnosis of […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The members of the World Federation of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health met in Madrid, Spain in September 2014 to discuss the research and clinical directions in the field of Men’s Mental Health. Leo Sher, M.D. (USA), Zoltan Rihmer, M.D., Ph.D. D.Sc. (Hungary), Javier Didia-Attas, M.D. (Argentina), Jose […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Forensic psychiatric evaluations fundamentally differ from routine provision of clinical care, despite significant overlap in how they are performed (1-9). The opinion generated by the interview could be helpful, harmful, or neutral to the person being evaluated. These points distinguish a clinical psychiatric interview from a forensic evaluation. A proposal has been […]
Burkle FM. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2014 Oct 7:1-3. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract. Sustainable approaches to crises, especially non-trauma-related public health emergencies, are severely lacking. At present, the Ebola crisis is defining the operational public health skill sets for infectious disease epidemics that are not widely known or appreciated. Indigenous and foreign medical […]
Kanapathipillai R, Restrepo AM, Fast P, Wood D, Dye C, Kieny MP, Moorthy V. N Engl J Med. 2014 Oct 7. [Epub ahead of print] With the Ebola epidemic in West Africa continuing to grow, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an urgent meeting on September 29 and 30 to assess the efforts under way […]
Stock I. Med Monatsschr Pharm. 2014 Sep;37(9):324-30. Abstract. Marburg and Ebola hemorrhagic fevers are severe, systemic viral diseases affecting humans and non-human primates. They are characterized by multiple symptoms such as hemorrhages, fever, headache, muscle and abdominal pain, chills, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Elevated liver-associated enzyme levels and coagulopathy are also associated with […]
Juste Buneviciute Dr. Robertas Bunevicius was always inquisitive and uncertain truths attracted his attention. While studying at Kaunas University of Medicine in late 1970’s he had difficulty connecting Freudian philosophy with a Soviet definition of “sluggish schizophrenia.” Even though both schools of thought had similarities: both systems erased a line between psychiatric disorder and health. […]
Gurpreet Singh, M.D., Vivek C. Shah, M.D., Murali K. Kolikonda, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Introduction When determining a patient’s right and ability to accept or to refuse treatment, understanding decisional capacity and competence is important. Do you know the difference? When can your patient agree to or decline a recommended treatment? What should you do […]
