Leo Sher, M.D. Considerable evidence suggests that that breastfeeding history may affect maternal disease risk. For example, longer breastfeeding history is associated with lower rates of osteoporosis. It has also been proposed that there may be a connection between the physiological effects of lactation and Alzheimer’s disease. A new research report published in the Journal […]
Fox M, Berzuini C, Knapp LA. J Alzheimers Dis. 2013 Jul 23. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractThe effect of early and midlife factors on later-life cognitive function has attracted scientific and public interest in recent years, especially with respect to hormonal risk factors for dementia. There is substantial evidence for reproductive history affecting Alzheimer’s disease (AD) […]
Leo Sher, M.D. has been accepted as a Corresponding Member of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP). According to the ECNP web site, “Corresponding membership is available for eminent researchers in the field of neuropsychopharmacology and related disciplines who are not permanently resident in Europe.”
Sher L.Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2013;25(3):263-8. Abstract Several lines of evidence suggest that there is an association between testosterone and suicidal behavior. A link between testosterone and the neurobiology of suicidal behavior may be related to: a) a direct effect of testosterone on suicidality via certain brain mechanisms; and/or b) a testosterone influence on […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The III International Congress of Dual Disorders: Addictions and other Mental Disorders will be held on October 23-26, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. The Congress is organized under the auspices of the Spanish Society on Dual Diagnosis and 8 co-sponsoring organizations including the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) and the U.S. National Institute on […]
Bryan S. Cobb, Jess G. Fiedorowicz, M.D., Ph.D For most of us, the term “seasonal affective disorder” – with the apt acronym SAD – likely evokes thoughts of winter blues, of energy and interest levels that fall along with the snowflakes and a rut that only deepens as the days shorten. Indeed, early studies on […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The 8th Baltic Symposium of Biological Psychiatry, “Treatment of Substance Related Disorders: psychotherapy and medications” was held on August 30-31, 2013, in Palanga, Lithuania. The Symposium was organized under the auspices of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, the Lithuanian Society of Biological Psychiatry, and the Research Council of Lithuania. Prof. Robertas […]
Markos AR.Int J STD AIDS. 2005 Feb;16(2):123-7. Alcohol, the oldest drug known to the human race, is widely perceived to affect sexual behaviour. The general public, scientific, medical and judicial establishments share and express interest in the potential effects of alcohol on the sexual behaviour of individuals. The understanding of the current state of medical […]
Espada JP, Morales A, Orgilés M, Piqueras JA, Carballo JL.Adicciones. 2013;25(1):55-62. AbstractThis paper aims to compare sexual behaviour and risk and protective factors between samples of adolescents who have sex under the influence of alcohol and those who do not, and to determine predictors factors for having had sex under the influence of alcohol. We […]
Odinokova V, Rusakova M, Urada LA, Silverman JG, Raj A.Int J Drug Policy. 2013 Aug 2. pii: S0955-3959(13)00101-1. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.06.008. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractBACKGROUND: Extensive research documents that female sex workers (FSWs) in Russia are very vulnerable to abuses from police, including police sexual coercion. However, despite qualitative data suggesting abusive policing practices are […]
