Category Archives: dietary

Metabolic features of the cell danger response. [Mitochondrion. 2013] – PubMed – NCBI

This is a really exciting integrative paper on the (clinically and heuristically relevant) hot topic du jour: Inflammation.  I came across it when I was researching Tourette’s syndrome and inflammation – am seeing increasing numbers of patients without a good … Continue reading

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The top online health services for consumers | VentureBeat | Health | by Christina Farr

Interesting line-up of online medical shopping/info sites. Some might offer some relief from/price-conscious alternatives to emergency room visits. Perhaps good news for U.S. patients facing gigantic out-of-pocket expenses for not-sure-what value-add, a worldwide market for digital medical tourism for low-complexity … Continue reading

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The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder – NYTimes.com

Surprisingly critical, thoroughly researched piece by Alan Schwarz. See also recent posts here (on opening the gigantic Asian market to Western psychotropics), here (on Allen Roses critique of drug efficacy), here (on the DSM V’s focus on, well, drug treatment), … Continue reading

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A surprisingly uncritical piece on Big Pharma’s unfettered hold on China’s health care

Not that medications do not have a place in the treatment armamentarium, but what about proper, expertise-based diagnosis first? What about the undisclosed conflicts of interest rampant in Chinese hospitals? Informed consent? Both an outsized version of the situation in … Continue reading

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Why hospitals will soon sequence the genes of every single patient | VentureBeat | Big Data | by Romain Nervil

Why hospitals will soon sequence the genes of every single patient Great, timely post courtesy of VentureBeat.com   via Why hospitals will soon sequence the genes of every single patient | VentureBeat | Big Data | by Romain Nervil.

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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.