Category Archives: China
Elevated HbA1c is associated with increased risk of incident dementia in primary care patients.
J Alzheimers Dis. 2015;44(4):1203-12. doi: 10.3233/JAD-141521. Elevated HbA1c is associated with increased risk of incident dementia in primary care patients. Ramirez A1, Wolfsgruber S2, Lange C3, Kaduszkiewicz H3, Weyerer S4, Werle J4, Pentzek M5, Fuchs A5, Riedel-Heller SG6, Luck T7, Mösch E8, Bickel H8, Wiese B9, Prokein J9, König HH10, Brettschneider C10, Breteler MM11, Maier W2, Jessen F2, Scherer M3; AgeCoDe Study Group. Collaborators (19) … Continue reading
Not so subclinical: Subclinical cerebrovascular disease inversely associates with learning ability
Neurology. 2015 May 22. pii: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001657. [Epub ahead of print] Subclinical cerebrovascular disease inversely associates with learning ability: The NOMAS. Glazer H1, Dong C1, Yoshita M1, Rundek T1, Elkind MS1, Sacco RL1, DeCarli C1, Stern Y1, Wright CB2. Author information Abstract OBJECTIVE: Memory has been examined in subjects with … Continue reading
This is finally going mainstream: High blood sugar is associated with subtle brain injury and impaired attention and memory even in young adults
Neurology. 2015 May 6. pii: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001655. [Epub ahead of print] Glucose indices are associated with cognitive and structural brain measures in young adults. Weinstein G1, Maillard P2, Himali JJ2, Beiser AS2, Au R2, Wolf PA2, Seshadri S2, DeCarli C2. Author information 1From the Department of Neurology (G.W., J.J.H., … Continue reading
More Chinese travel abroad for medical treatment
More and more Chinese nationals have become wealthy enough to afford medical treatment abroad, bolstering the growth of businesses catering to this emerging trend, reports Nanjing’s Yangcheng Evening News. Continue reading
China Daily USA: US hospital looks to China for more medical tourists
Since that first patient from the Chinese mainland landed at the hospital a decade ago, the hospital has steadily seen an increase in the number of patients from China, and believes that growth will continue at a rapid rate among, the growth driven by the emerging middle class more focused than ever on health and well-being. 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.