Category Archives: epigenetics

More on Vitamin D deficiency in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

The need for high dose steroid treatment or even IVIG seems to be called into question based on these results. One ounce of prevention? 1.    J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2012;25(5-6):467-70. Vitamin D status in children with Hashimoto thyroiditis. Camurdan OM, … Continue reading

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Late-life depression is associated with an increased risk for all-cause dementia.

Review article Late-life depression and risk of vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based cohort studies Breno S. Diniz, Meryl A. Butters, Steven M. Albert, Mary Amanda Dew and Charles F. Reynolds 3rd + Author Affiliations … Continue reading

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Adults with depression and who take specific anti-depressants more likely to develop C. difficile

Interesting applied psychoimmunology study. Apparently depressed people’s guts don’t watch direct-to-consumer chemical-imbalance ads. Here is the abstract. Depression, antidepressant medications, and risk of Clostridium difficile infection Mary A M Rogers1*, M Todd Greene1, Vincent B Young1, Sanjay Saint1,2, Kenneth M … Continue reading

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Vitamin D status predicts new brain magnetic reso… [Ann Neurol. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI

Ann Neurol. 2012 Aug;72(2):234-40. doi: 10.1002/ana.23591. Vitamin D status predicts new brain magnetic resonance imaging activity in multiple sclerosis. Mowry EM, Waubant E, McCulloch CE, Okuda DT, Evangelista AA, Lincoln RR, Gourraud PA, Brenneman D, Owen MC, Qualley P, Bucci … Continue reading

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The influence of nutritional factors on the prognosis of multiple sclerosis : Article : Nature Reviews Neurology

    Nature Reviews Neurology 8, 678-689 (December 2012) | doi:10.1038/nrneurol.2012.194 Subject Categories: Neuroimmunology and neuroinflammation | White matter disease The influence of nutritional factors on the prognosis of multiple sclerosis Gloria von Geldern & Ellen M. Mowry  About the … Continue reading

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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.