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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Melanoma occurring during treatment with fingo… [Arch Dermatol. 2011] – PubMed – NCBI

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Arch Dermatol. 2011 Aug;147(8):991-2. doi: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.212. Melanoma occurring during treatment with fingolimod for multiple sclerosis: a case report. Conzett KB, Kolm I, Jelcic I, Kamarachev J, Dummer R, Braun R, French LE, Linnebank M, Hofbauer GF. PMID: 21844470 [PubMed – … Continue reading →

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Vitamin D deficiency treated by consuming UVB-irradiated mushrooms

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Maurice Preter MD

Vitamin D deficiency treated by consuming UVB-irradiated mushrooms. Vitamin D deficiency treated by consuming UVB-irradiated mushrooms Andrew Ozzard, DCH, MRCPCH, GP Registrar and Gurdip Hear, BSc, DCH, DRCOG, DFFP, MRCGP, GP Trainer Crosby House Surgery, Slough Gavin Morrison, MBBS, FY1 … Continue reading →

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Football players’ mortality from Alzheimer disease and Lou Gehrig’s is 4 times higher

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Maurice Preter MD

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 →

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An unexpected mortality increase in the Un… [Int J Health Serv. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Maurice Preter MD

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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