Category Archives: dietary
Temporal Cognitive Decline Associated With Exposure to Infectious Agents in a Population-based, Aging Cohort.
Temporal Cognitive Decline Associated With Exposure to Infectious Agents in a Population-based, Aging Cohort. http://tinyurl.com/jsgacn9 Nimgaonkar, Vishwajit L. MD, PhD; Yolken, Robert H. MD, PhD; Wang, Tianxiu MS; Chung-Chou, Ho Chang PhD; McClain, Lora BS; McDade, Eric DO; Snitz, Beth … Continue reading
Mortality Trends Among Working-Age Whites: The Untold Story
Mortality Trends Among Working-Age Whites: The Untold Story http://tinyurl.com/grfw6rq Abstract Recent research has called attention to an unexpected rise in death rates among middle-aged, white Americans between 1999 and 2014. The full extent of the phenomenon may be underappreciated, however. … Continue reading
A Proactive Response to Prescription Opioid Abuse
A Proactive Response to Prescription Opioid Abuse Robert M. Califf, M.D., Janet Woodcock, M.D., and Stephen Ostroff, M.D. February 4, 2016DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsr1601307 http://tinyurl.com/godfdoc We at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue to be deeply concerned about the growing epidemic … Continue reading
Association of Seafood Consumption, Brain Mercury Level, and APOE ε4 Status With Brain Neuropathology in Older Adults
Association of Seafood Consumption, Brain Mercury Level, and APOE ε4 Status With Brain Neuropathology in Older Adults Martha Clare Morris, ScD1; John Brockman, PhD2; Julie A. Schneider, MD, MPH3,4,5; Yamin Wang, PhD1; David A. Bennett, MD3,4; Christy C. Tangney, PhD6; Ondine van de Rest, PhD7 [+] Author Affiliations JAMA. 2016;315(5):489-497. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.19451. Importance Seafood … Continue reading
Overprescribing Anticholinergics May Hurt Recovery in Elderly
Overprescribing Anticholinergics May Hurt Recovery in Elderly http://news.psu.edu/story/389729/2016/01/28/research/anticholinergics-may-not-be-best-choice-rehab-patients-dementia UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — During rehabilitation following an acute hospital stay, medications that block neurotransmitters may be overprescribed to older patients suffering from delirium superimposed on dementia, according to health researchers. Specifically, … 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.