Category Archives: Aging

Alzheimer’s Drug Linked to Potentially Serious Muscle Condition

  Megan Brooks September 19, 2019 The Alzheimer’s drug donepezil (multiple brands) is associated with a twofold higher risk for hospital admission for rhabdomyolysis, a rare but potentially life-threatening condition in which muscle cells break down. It can lead to kidney damage. … Continue reading

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Walking Speed at Early Ages Tied to Cognitive Health

Walking Speed at Early Ages Tied to Cognitive Health — Slowest walkers showed deteriorating cognitive performance from age 3 to adulthood by Judy George, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today October 11, 2019 share to facebook share to twitter share to … Continue reading

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Fasting as a Therapy in Neurological Disease

Fasting as a Therapy in Neurological Disease by Matthew C.L. Phillips Department of Neurology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton 3204, New Zealand Nutrients 2019, 11(10), 2501; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11102501 Received: 22 September 2019 / Revised: 12 October 2019 / Accepted: 15 October 2019 / … Continue reading

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Bedtime hypertension treatment improves cardiovascular risk reduction: the Hygia Chronotherapy Trial

Bedtime hypertension treatment improves cardiovascular risk reduction: the Hygia Chronotherapy Trial Ramón C Hermida, Juan J Crespo, Manuel Domínguez-Sardiña, Alfonso Otero, Ana Moyá, María T Ríos, Elvira Sineiro, María C Castiñeira, Pedro A Callejas, Lorenzo Pousa … Show more Author … Continue reading

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High Dietary Sugar Reshapes Sweet Taste to Promote Feeding Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

ARTICLE| VOLUME 27, ISSUE 6, P1675-1685.E7, MAY 07, 2019 https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(19)30492-9 High Dietary Sugar Reshapes Sweet Taste to Promote Feeding Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster High Dietary Sugar Reshapes Sweet Taste to Promote Feeding Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster Christina E. May Anoumid … 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.