Category Archives: Health

Findings reveal brain mechanisms at work during sleep, and other sleep news from the SFN Annual meeting

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Maurice Preter MD

Sleepiness disrupts the coordinated activity of an important network of brain regions; the impaired function of this network is also implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (Andrew Ward, abstract 909.05). via Findings reveal brain mechanisms at work during sleep.

Posted in Aging, epigenetics, Health, keto, Psychiatry/Neurology | Tagged healthy brain aging, Inflammation, keto, Memory and Memory Loss, Traumatic Brain Injury |

“Clock-watching” and insomnia are linked to posttraumatic stress symptoms – packaged with a zolpidem ad!

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Maurice Preter MD

Just got this mass email. The ad next to it is for zolpidem – just the kind of stuff that might NOT benefit post-traumatic states. What’s the message here? OCTOBER 2012 Advertisement Editor’s note Approximately 50% of chronic insomnia patients … Continue reading →

Posted in Forensic Neuropsychiatry, Health, Psychiatry/Neurology | Tagged informed consent, Medication effects - wanted and unwanted, Memory and Memory Loss, Pain and Headache, Psychological Stress and PTSD, separation anxiety, sleep |

Role of DaTSCAN and clinical diagnosis in Parkinson disease.

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Maurice Preter MD

Important discussion, especially with an estimated cancer incidence of 1 on 7500 DaTSCANs. Neurology. 2012 Mar 6;78(10):696-701. Epub 2012 Feb 8. Role of DaTSCAN and clinical diagnosis in Parkinson disease. de la Fuente-Fernández R. Source Section of Neurology, Hospital A. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Forensic Neuropsychiatry, Health, metabolic, Psychiatry/Neurology | Tagged healthy brain aging, informed consent, Medication effects - wanted and unwanted, Parkinson disease |

Stronger effect of amyloid load than APOE genotype on cognitive decline in healthy older adults

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Maurice Preter MD

Good news. Time to start a proper curcumin trial. Stronger effect of amyloid load than APOE genotype on cognitive decline in healthy older adults Yen Ying Lim, MPsych, Kathryn A. Ellis, PhD, Robert H. Pietrzak, PhD, MPH, David Ames, MD, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, dietary, epigenetics, Health, new treatments, News, Psychiatry/Neurology | Tagged healthy brain aging, Inflammation, Memory and Memory Loss |

Vitamin D overdose?

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Maurice Preter MD

This is relevant to Vitamin D self-medicators. The original was posted here: http://www.newswise.com/articles/calcium-supplements-too-much-of-a-good-thing Calcium Supplements: Too Much of a Good Thing? Released: 6/1/2010 3:35 PM EDT Source: American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Newswise — Negative health effects linked to taking … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, dietary, Health, metabolic | Tagged Medication effects - wanted and unwanted |

Category Archives: Health

Findings reveal brain mechanisms at work during sleep, and other sleep news from the SFN Annual meeting

Stronger effect of amyloid load than APOE genotype on cognitive decline in healthy older adults

Vitamin D overdose?

Maurice Preter, MD

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