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Why 100,000 poop photos may bring the next big thing in fitness tracking New crowdsourcing initiative aims to build an app that tracks users’ gastrointestinal health.

Why 100,000 poop photos may bring the next big thing in fitness tracking New crowdsourcing initiative aims to build an app that tracks users’ gastrointestinal health. https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/amp/ncna1072726

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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

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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

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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

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Use of vitamin D drops leading to kidney failure in a 54-year-old man

Vitamin D supplementation plus sunbathing. Use of vitamin D drops leading to kidney failure in a 54-year-old man Bourne L. Auguste, Carmen Avila-Casado and Joanne M. Bargman CMAJ April 08, 2019 191 (14) E390-E394; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.180465 Article Figures & Tables … Continue reading

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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.