Category Archives: dietary
DIET, KETONES AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
DIET, KETONES AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Technical but of great interest. We are successfully using the ketogenic diet alongside other multiple anti-inflammatory approaches. If you want to try this treatment modality for TBI or cognitive impairment (dementia), please contact the … Continue reading
Ketogenic diet in traumatic brain injury – impaired brain – Alzheimers disease
Here is a good summary on ketogenic diet in traumatic brain injury and other neuroinflammatory conditions. More citations to follow. J Child Neurol. 2013 Aug;28(8):1054-5. Implications of dietary therapy into the 21st century: conclusion to special issue. Thiele EA1. Author information … Continue reading
Cross-posted from fifthavenueconciergemedicine.com: CONCIERGE MEDICINE NEW YORK IS NOW LIVE!
CONCIERGE MEDICINE NEW YORK IS NOW LIVE! Link: http://fifthavenueconciergemedicine.com/2015/04/07/fifthavenueconciergemedicine-com-is-now-live/ Posted on April 7, 2015 by Maurice Preter MD Concierge medicine New York, the newly designed internet home of VIP health advisory and medical concierge services is now live! We are very excited about it. … Continue reading
Neurology: Placebo effect of medication cost in Parkinson disease – Expensive placebo’s effectiveness comparable to levodopa.
Although both placebos improved motor function, benefit was greater when patients were randomized first to expensive placebo, with a magnitude halfway between that of cheap placebo and levodopa. Brain activation was greater upon first-given cheap but not upon first-given expensive placebo or by levodopa. Regardless of order of administration, only cheap placebo increased activation in the left lateral sensorimotor cortex and other regions. Continue reading
Turmeric compound may treat Alzheimer’s disease
Research Aromatic-turmerone induces neural stem cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo Joerg Hucklenbroich12, Rebecca Klein23, Bernd Neumaier3, Rudolf Graf3, Gereon Rudolf Fink12, Michael Schroeter123 and Maria Adele Rueger123* *Corresponding author: Maria A Rueger adele.rueger@uk-koeln.de Author Affiliations 1Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Centre Juelich, Leo-Brandt-Straße 52425, Jülich, … 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.