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 […]
Thiel MJ.J Int Bioethique. 2010 Sep;21(3):51-62, 88-9. Is human dignity an intrinsic value? Or is it a relative value, depending on the perception or assessment of quality of life? History had delineated some of its key features, but the advent of human rights and the Holocaust put special emphasis on this notion, particularly in the […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The “II International Congress on Dual Disorders: Addictive Behaviours and other Mental Disorders” will be held on October 5-8, 2011 in Barcelona, Spain. Miguel Casas, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Head, Servei de Psiquiatria, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, is the Congress Chairman. Researchers and clinicians from many countries including […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The 7th Baltic Symposium of Biological Psychiatry, “Neuroimmunology and Mental Disorders“ will be held on August 26-27, 2011, in Palanga, Lithuania. Professor Robertas Bunevicius, the President of the Lithuanian Society of Biological Psychiatry and the Director of the Institute of Psychophysiology and Rehabilitation of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences is organizing […]
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 […]
Sher L. QJM. 2011 May;104(5):455-8. Epub 2010 Nov 4. Studies of the neurobiology of suicidal behavior have become an important and integral part of psychiatric research. Over the past several years, studies of the role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the pathophysiology of suicidality have attracted significant interest of researchers. Multiple lines of evidence […]
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 […]
Post JM.Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2002 Sep;25(3):635-46 Questions concerning such matters as the effects of health and alcoholism on Boris Yeltsin’s decision making; the mind of the Unabomber; the psychology and decision making of Saddam Hussein of Iraq, who was initially characterized by the US Government as “the madman of the Middle East”; the psychology […]
