The promise of dietary restriction mimetics in healthy aging

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Biofactors. 2010 Sep-Oct;36(5):377-82. doi: 10.1002/biof.127. Life span extension by resveratrol, rapamycin, and metformin: The promise of dietary restriction mimetics for an healthy aging. Mouchiroud L, Molin L, Dallière N, Solari F. Source UMR, CNRS Université Lyon, Centre Léon Bérard, France. … Continue reading →

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Vitamin D and risk of death from vascular and no… [Eur Heart J. 2013] – PubMed – NCBI

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Eur Heart J. 2013 May;34(18):1365-74. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs426. Epub 2012 Dec 20. Vitamin D and risk of death from vascular and non-vascular causes in the Whitehall study and meta-analyses of 12,000 deaths. Tomson J, Emberson J, Hill M, Gordon A, Armitage … Continue reading →

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More on Vitamin D deficiency in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

The need for high dose steroid treatment or even IVIG seems to be called into question based on these results. One ounce of prevention? 1.    J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2012;25(5-6):467-70. Vitamin D status in children with Hashimoto thyroiditis. Camurdan OM, … Continue reading →

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Late-life depression is associated with an increased risk for all-cause dementia.

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Review article Late-life depression and risk of vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based cohort studies Breno S. Diniz, Meryl A. Butters, Steven M. Albert, Mary Amanda Dew and Charles F. Reynolds 3rd + Author Affiliations … Continue reading →

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Adults with depression and who take specific anti-depressants more likely to develop C. difficile

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Interesting applied psychoimmunology study. Apparently depressed people’s guts don’t watch direct-to-consumer chemical-imbalance ads. Here is the abstract. Depression, antidepressant medications, and risk of Clostridium difficile infection Mary A M Rogers1*, M Todd Greene1, Vincent B Young1, Sanjay Saint1,2, Kenneth M … Continue reading →

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