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A role for vitamin D in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS)

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Maurice Preter MD

This is such an important topic that I am posting the full-length article. On pubmed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2882221/?tool=pubmed. Neurology. 2010 June 8; 74(23): 1852–1859. doi:  10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181e1cec2 PMCID: PMC2882221 A phase I/II dose-escalation trial of vitamin D3 and calcium in multiple sclerosis … Continue reading →

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Anxiety, depression with glaucoma. Is isolation/loneliness the link?

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Maurice Preter MD

Psychol Rep. 2010 Apr;106(2):343-57. Anxiety, depression, and quality of life in Turkish patients with glaucoma. Tastan S, Iyigun E, Bayer A, Acikel C. Source School of Nursing, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey. Abstract The purpose was to investigate the … 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.