Chase Bauman, B.S., B.A., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Is Alzheimer’s Disease bad? Yes, … it robs people of cognitive abilities, global function, gait, and can induce depressive and/or paranoid features. Do we want to cure? Yes, … but we want one that is effective, safe, available, affordable, and approved by regulatory authorities after a thorough scientific […]
Steven Lippmann, M.D. Juneteenth What about Juneteenth? This holiday commemorates June 19, 1865, one month after the end of the war between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America. On that day, in Galveston, Texas, US Major General Gordon Granger sailed into the harbor and later delivered a message to Texans […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Multivitamin supplementation improves memory in older adults: A randomized clinical trial” has been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition online ahead of print (1). The authors of the study examined the effect of daily multivitamin/multimineral supplementation on memory in older adults. The authors reported the results from […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research report, “Prolactin response to fenfluramine administration in patients with unipolar and bipolar depression and healthy controls” was published 20 years ago, in the May 2003 issue of Psychoneuroendocrinology (1). The serotonergic system plays an important role in the etiology and pathogenesis of mood disorders. Studies suggest that a deficit in […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A U.S. National Vital Statistics System report, “Suicide mortality in the United States, 2001-2021” was published in April 2023 (1). This report updates previous data by presenting final suicide rates from 2001 through 2021 by sex and age as well as rates by race and Hispanic origin for 2020 and 2021. Data […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report “The association between vitamin D serum levels, supplementation, and suicide attempts and intentional self-harm” has recently been published in PLoS One (1). The authors examined the associations between Vitamin D supplementation, 25(OH) blood serum levels, suicide attempts, and intentional self-harm in a population of U.S. Veterans. Veterans with any […]
Jacob M. Appel, M.D., J.D. Every first-year law student is likely aware of the venerable legal maxim, popularized by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in Northern Securities Co. v. United States, that “hard cases make bad law.” In other words, a particularly disturbing set of facts or events may lead well-intentioned judges to make […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research work, “Clinical features of individuals with schizotypal personality disorder with and without suicidal ideation” has just been published in Psychiatry Research (1). Schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) is classified in DSM-5 as a Cluster A personality disorder (2). Cluster A personality disorders are described as odd or eccentric conditions. Studies have […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Fasting for 20 h does not affect exercise-induced increases in circulating BDNF in humans” has been published in the Journal of Physiology online ahead of print (1). Researchers from the University of Otago in New Zealand report that 6 minutes of high-intensity exercise on a regular basis can prolong […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Expertscape, a leading international rating agency, published the January 9, 2023, list of top world experts in the field of suicidology (1). The list is based on 29,387 articles published since 2012. The current database of articles was compiled on January 9, 2023. The Expertscape version number is wa09s4347. According to Expertscape, […]
