Category Archives: epigenetics
Chinese – Beware early retirement!
Higher life expectancy and rapidly aging populations have led to the introduction of pension programs in developing countries in the last two decades. Using the introduction of a new public policy in China, we estimate the effects of pension benefits on individual cognition, measured by episodic memory and intact mental status, among individuals ages 60 and above. We find large and significant negative effects of the provision of pension benefits on cognitive functioning among the elderly. Continue reading
Walking Speed at Early Ages Tied to Cognitive Health
Walking Speed at Early Ages Tied to Cognitive Health — Slowest walkers showed deteriorating cognitive performance from age 3 to adulthood by Judy George, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today October 11, 2019 share to facebook share to twitter share to … Continue reading
High Dietary Sugar Reshapes Sweet Taste to Promote Feeding Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster
ARTICLE| VOLUME 27, ISSUE 6, P1675-1685.E7, MAY 07, 2019 https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(19)30492-9 High Dietary Sugar Reshapes Sweet Taste to Promote Feeding Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster High Dietary Sugar Reshapes Sweet Taste to Promote Feeding Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster Christina E. May Anoumid … Continue reading
Toward personalized cognitive diagnostics of at-genetic-risk Alzheimer’s disease
Toward personalized cognitive diagnostics of at-genetic-risk Alzheimer’s disease Potential use of Big Data mined from a VR game for preclinical diagnostics… Source: https://www.pnas.org/content/116/19/9285 Significance We report that assessment of navigational behavior using the Sea Hero Quest app provides a means of … 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.