Monthly Archives: April 2007

Psychiatric comorbidity and suicide risk in adolescents with chronic daily headache

  Worried and unwell: Panic and migraine are highly comorbid, in Taiwan too.      NEUROLOGY 2007;68:1468-1473© 2007 American Academy of Neurology Psychiatric comorbidity and suicide risk in adolescents with chronic daily headache Shuu-Jiun Wang, MD, Kai-Dih Juang, MD, Jong-Ling Fuh, … Continue reading

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Tai chi chuan exercise decreases A1C levels along with increase of regulatory T-cells and decrease of cytotoxic T-cell population in type 2 diabetic patients

  Diabetes Care. 2007 Mar;30(3):716-8. Related Articles, Links  Tai chi chuan exercise decreases A1C levels along with increase of regulatory T-cells and decrease of cytotoxic T-cell population in type 2 diabetic patients. Yeh SH, Chuang H, Lin LW, Hsiao CY, … Continue reading

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Relation between headache in childhood and physical and psychiatric symptoms in adulthood: national birth cohort study

  BMJ. 2001 May 12;322(7295):1145. Cited Articles, Free in PMC, LinkOut Relation between headache in childhood and physical and psychiatric symptoms in adulthood: national birth cohort study. Fearon P, Hotopf M. Institute of Psychiatry and Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’s School … Continue reading

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Psychosocial adjustment and physical health of children living with maternal chronic pain

Speaking of epigenetics (see review below). See also the excellent prospective study on childhood headache by Fearon&Hotopf, above. J Paediatr Child Health. 2007 Apr;43(4):262-70. Related Articles, Links Psychosocial adjustment and physical health of children living with maternal chronic pain. Evans … Continue reading

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Surgical management of neck and low back pain

Neurol Clin. 2007 May;25(2):507-22. Related Articles, Links  Surgical management of neck and low back pain. Krishnaney AA, Park J, Benzel EC. Cleveland Clinic Center for Spine Health and Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave., … Continue reading

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Maurice Preter, MD

Maurice Preter, MD is a European and U.S. educated psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, neurologist, and medical-legal expert in private practice in Manhattan. He is also the principal of Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC, a medical concierge service and health advisory for select individuals and families.