Category Archives: Health
The Brain Injury Guidelines (BIG)
The Brain Injury Guidelines (BIG) classify traumatic brain injuries into three categories – BIG 1, BIG 2, and BIG 3 – based on the severity of the injury and imaging findings. Here are the key differences between these categories: ## … Continue reading
Low Vitamin D and risk of delirium
Title: Vitamin D levels and risk of delirium: A mendelian randomization study in the UK Biobank Published in: Neurology, 2019 ## Objective – To estimate the effects of vitamin D levels on incident delirium hospital admissions using inherited genetic variants … Continue reading
Surprising publication in the prestigious journal Nature on the longevity benefits and overall safety of the ketogenic diet.
“The ketogenic diet has the potential to decrease all-cause mortality without a concomitant increase in cardiovascular-related mortality.” Link below. This study examined the potential effects of a ketogenic diet (KD) on mortality risk using data from over 43,000 U.S. adults. … Continue reading
Thalidomide remembered.
See previous post. Dr Kelsey saved tens of thousands of children in the U.S. and Canada from the greatest ever anti-anxiety medication (until it wasn’t) synthesized in Germany. PS I remember the time when the surviving amelic/phocomelic children, then in … Continue reading
Different times, different people: Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey
Frances Oldham Kelsey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Frances Kelsey) Frances Oldham Kelsey CM Born Frances Kathleen Oldham July 24, 1914 Cobble Hill, British Columbia, Canada Died August 7, 2015 (aged 101) London, Ontario, Canada Citizenship Canada United States (from … 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.