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Football players’ mortality from Alzheimer disease and Lou Gehrig’s is 4 times higher
Another dent in the tired old tale of the role of (Mendelian) heredity in neuropsychiatry. More good stuff published in Neurology this week to follow. Articles Neurodegenerative causes of death among retired National Football League players Everett J. Lehman, MS, … Continue reading
Americans’ suicide rates up since economic crisis began | Reuters
Suicide rates in the United States have risen sharply since the economic crisis took hold in 2007 and political leaders should do more to protect Americans’ mental health during tough times, researchers said on Monday. via Americans’ suicide rates up … Continue reading
What Changes in Survival Rates Tell Us About U.S. Health Care – The Commonwealth Fund
Even as health care spending per capita has increased in the U.S. over the last three decades, the nation has fallen behind 12 other wealthy nations in 15-year survival for men and women at ages 45 and 65. By 2005, … Continue reading
“Medical tourism” and the global marketpla… [Int J Health Serv. 2010] – PubMed – NCBI
Int J Health Serv. 2010;40(3):443-67. “Medical tourism” and the global marketplace in health services: U.S. patients, international hospitals, and the search for affordable health care. Turner L. Source Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. turne462@umn.edu Abstract … Continue reading
An unexpected mortality increase in the Un… [Int J Health Serv. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI
An unexpected mortality increase in the United States follows arrival of the radioactive plume from Fukushima: is there a correlation? via An unexpected mortality increase in the Un… [Int J Health Serv. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI.
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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.