Category Archives: Events

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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» Why Are Screening Colonoscopies So Expensive?

» Why Are Screening Colonoscopies So Expensive?. Interesting blog post with some hard truths about U.S. medical care. Excerpt: >> Americans have a preoccupation with technology and procedures in health care instead of consultation and collaboration with their health care … Continue reading

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A senior executive with Britain’s biggest drugs company has admitted that most prescription medicines do not work on most people who take them. Science – News – The Independent

I just had the great pleasure of meeting Allen Roses. The 2003 article quoted is a reminder of “plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose”. Glaxo chief: Our drugs do not work on most patients – Science – News … Continue reading

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Panic, Separation Anxiety, Suffocation False Alarms and Endogenous Opioids: Can panic research inform clinical neurology? October 9, 2013 Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Neurology Grand Rounds

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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.