Category Archives: dietary

Flatworms Recall Familiar Environs, Even after Losing Their Heads: Scientific American

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Flatworms Recall Familiar Environs, Even after Losing Their Heads: Scientific American. Highly recommended reading. As it turns out, one does not have to go all the way down the evolutionary ladder to be reminded that even brain-impaired or brain-damaged individuals … Continue reading →

Posted in Affective Neuroscience, Aging, development, epigenetics, Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, Forensic Neuropsychiatry, Health, keto, News, Psychiatry/Neurology | Tagged concussions, healthy brain aging, Memory and Memory Loss, Pain and Headache, Psychological Stress and PTSD, separation anxiety, sleep, stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury |

Metabolic Fate of Pharmaceuticals: A Focus on Slow Metabolizers

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Very interesting and timely PowerPoint focusing on (now increasingly preventable) adverse outcomes, not on metabolism-related lack of efficacy. >>It has been shown that variability in drug metabolism can have a substantial effect on clinical outcomes in patients. The impact of … Continue reading →

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The Pros and Cons of Concierge Medical Care | NYCityWoman.com

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

The Pros and Cons of Concierge Medical Care | NYCityWoman.com A thoughtful and balanced, and (yes) enthusiastic discussion of what it means to have a personal physician in U.S.A. anno 2013. Written by Sally Wendkos Olds, happy patient of Margaret … Continue reading →

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Simvastatin impairs exercise training adaptations.

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Simvastatin impairs exercise training adaptations. Mikus CR, et al. Show all J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Aug 20;62(8):709-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.02.074. Epub 2013 Apr 10. Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. Abstract OBJECTIVES: This study sought … Continue reading →

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Among well-functioning older adults, DM and poor glucose control among those with DM are associated with worse cognitive function and greater decline. This suggests that severity of DM may contribute to accelerated cognitive aging.

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Diabetes, glucose control, and 9-year cognitive decline among older adults without dementia. Yaffe K, et al. Show all Arch Neurol. 2012 Sep;69(9):1170-5. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2012.1117. Affiliation Departments of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco, VA, USA. kristine.yaffe@ucsf.edu Abstract … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: dietary

Flatworms Recall Familiar Environs, Even after Losing Their Heads: Scientific American

Among well-functioning older adults, DM and poor glucose control among those with DM are associated with worse cognitive function and greater decline. This suggests that severity of DM may contribute to accelerated cognitive aging.

Maurice Preter, MD

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