JAMA Internal Medicine | Perioperative Use of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Risks for Adverse Outcomes of SurgeryPerioperative SSRI Use and Adverse Outcome Risk

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Full Content is available to subscribers Subscribe/Learn More Original Investigation | ONLINE FIRST Perioperative Use of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Risks for Adverse Outcomes of Surgery Andrew D. Auerbach, MD, MPH; Eric Vittinghoff, PhD; Judith Maselli, MSPH; Penelope S. … Continue reading →

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Vulnerabilities to misinformation in online pharmaceutical marketing

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Vulnerabilities to misinformation in online pharmaceutical marketing   Julian De Freitas1 Brian A Falls2 Omar S Haque3 Harold J Bursztajn4⇑ 1Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA 2Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, VA Boston Healthcare System, … 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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Neuroprotective properties of magnesium infusion during carotid endarterectomy, and beyond?

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Went to a masterful talk by E. Sander Connolly at the Lenox Hill Hospital neurology conference last week. This is one of many interesting take-away points. Differential blood-brain barrier penetration by the various statins is another one – currently looking … Continue reading →

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Ben Goldacre: What doctors don’t know about the drugs they prescribe | Video on TED.com

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

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