Robert Klitzman, MD, professor of psychiatry, addresses the ethical and health concerns that must be considered in tackling the obesity epidemic and broader public health challenges.
A Columbia study shows a simple smell test and memory exam can predict cognitive decline as accurately as costly brain imaging, offering a more affordable and accessible way to assess dementia.
"People with superstitions often believe in them strongly and may have little interest in investing effort in trying to be dissuaded of their belief," says Dr. Franklin Schneier.
“The results may be different if you narrow it down to medicinal use,” said Dr. Mark Olfson, co-author of a study from the early aughts that asked people about their history of drug use.
. It is essential to continue developing prevention and treatment aimed at reducing prescription drug abuse and possible escalation to more dangerous forms of opiates, said Dr. Patrice Malone.
Ecstasy "needs to be looked at in a very careful and rigorously controlled way to accrue evidence showing what it can do and what its potential liability is," says Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.
"There's a crescendo of voices saying, 'If you don't do X or Y, you're doing it wrong,'" Dr. Catherine Monk says. The result is "a kind of over-preciousness about motherhood."
Dr. Paul S. Appelbaum said a neuropathological examination is not unreasonable to "see whether it might contribute to our understanding of what occurred.”