Category Archives: new treatments

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

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

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Anti-inflammatory utility of Boswellia serrata (frankincense)

Reading up on Boswellia serrata – this is a good starter article: http://www.altmedrev.com/publications/13/2/165.pdf “Boswellia serrata Description Boswellia serrata (frankincense) is a moderate-to-large branching tree (growing to a height of 12 feet) found in India, Northern Africa, and the Middle East. … Continue reading

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A role for vitamin D in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS)

This is such an important topic that I am posting the full-length article. On pubmed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2882221/?tool=pubmed. Neurology. 2010 June 8; 74(23): 1852–1859. doi:  10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181e1cec2 PMCID: PMC2882221 A phase I/II dose-escalation trial of vitamin D3 and calcium in multiple sclerosis … Continue reading

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The older people, omega-3, and cognitive health (EPOCH) trial design and methodology: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial investigating the effect of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids on cognitive ageing and wellbeing in cognitively healthy older adults.

Nutr J. 2011 Oct 20;10:117. The older people, omega-3, and cognitive health (EPOCH) trial design and methodology: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial investigating the effect of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids on cognitive ageing and wellbeing in cognitively healthy older adults. … 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.