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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
Elexacaftor–Tezacaftor–Ivacaftor for Cystic Fibrosis with a Single Phe508del Allele
List of authors. Peter G. Middleton, M.D., Marcus A. Mall, M.D., Pavel Dřevínek, M.D., Larry C. Lands, M.D., Edward F. McKone, M.D., Deepika Polineni, M.D., Bonnie W. Ramsey, M.D., Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, M.D., Elizabeth Tullis, M.D., François Vermeulen, M.D., Gautham … Continue reading
Coupled electrophysiological, hemodynamic, and cerebrospinal fluid oscillations in human sleep.
Science. 2019 Nov 1;366(6465):628-631. doi: 10.1126/science.aax5440. Coupled electrophysiological, hemodynamic, and cerebrospinal fluid oscillations in human sleep. Fultz NE1,2, Bonmassar G2,3, Setsompop K2,3, Stickgold RA4,5, Rosen BR2,3, Polimeni JR2,3, Lewis LD6,2. Author information 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, … Continue reading
An elegy by Arthur Kleinman
THE LANCET PERSPECTIVES|THE ART OF MEDICINE| VOLUME 394, ISSUE 10199, P630-631, AUGUST 24, 2019 The soul in medicine Arthur Kleinman Beginning of article: “When I was a child in New York City in the 1940s, the word “soul” was commonly … 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.