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Why hospitals will soon sequence the genes of every single patient | VentureBeat | Big Data | by Romain Nervil
Why hospitals will soon sequence the genes of every single patient Great, timely post courtesy of VentureBeat.com via Why hospitals will soon sequence the genes of every single patient | VentureBeat | Big Data | by Romain Nervil.
MRI technique shows how energy drinks alter heart function
MRI technique shows how energy drinks alter heart function >> Long-term effects? While Dörner and colleagues concluded that energy drinks have a short-term effect on cardiac contractility, they do not know exactly how or if this greater contractility affects daily … Continue reading
DSM-5 focuses on drugs, not talk therapy
DSM-5 focuses on drugs, not talk therapy – Why? A well-written and thoughtful piece in the New York Times. Please also re-read my post on expanding illness definitions.
Panic, Separation Anxiety, Suffocation False Alarms and Endogenous Opioids: Can panic research inform clinical neurology? October 9, 2013 Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Neurology Grand Rounds
Invitation to my Grand Rounds Talk at Mount Sinai, Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 8am
Please join us for our next Neurology Grand Rounds on Wednesday, October 9th at 8 AM in Davis Auditorium (Hess Center for Science and Medicine) at 1470 Madison Ave between 101st and 102nd streets. Refreshments will be served at 7:30 AM so please feel free to arrive early.
Title: “Panic, Separation Anxiety, Suffocation False Alarms and Endogenous Opioids: Can panic research inform clinical neurology?”
Presenter: Dr. Maurice Preter, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry,
Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons;
Associate Professor of Neurology (Adj.),
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
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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.