Category Archives: Aging
Football players’ mortality from Alzheimer disease and Lou Gehrig’s is 4 times higher
Another dent in the tired old tale of the role of (Mendelian) heredity in neuropsychiatry. More good stuff published in Neurology this week to follow. Articles Neurodegenerative causes of death among retired National Football League players Everett J. Lehman, MS, … Continue reading
What Changes in Survival Rates Tell Us About U.S. Health Care – The Commonwealth Fund
Even as health care spending per capita has increased in the U.S. over the last three decades, the nation has fallen behind 12 other wealthy nations in 15-year survival for men and women at ages 45 and 65. By 2005, … Continue reading
Physical Activity Prevents Progression for Cognitive Impairment and Vascular Dementia
Results From the LADIS (Leukoaraiosis and Disability) Study via Physical Activity Prevents Progression for Cognitive Impairment and Vascular Dementia. Skip to main page content Stroke Home • Subscriptions • Archives • Feedback • Authors • Help • AHA Journals … Continue reading
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.