Decreased percentage REM sleep was associated with greater risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and other noncancer-related mortality in 2 independent cohorts.

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Maurice Preter MD

Decreased percentage REM sleep was associated with greater risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and other noncancer-related mortality in 2 independent cohorts. Continue reading →

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Fasting as a Therapy in Neurological Disease

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Maurice Preter MD

Fasting as a Therapy in Neurological Disease by Matthew C.L. Phillips Department of Neurology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton 3204, New Zealand Nutrients 2019, 11(10), 2501; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11102501 Received: 22 September 2019 / Revised: 12 October 2019 / Accepted: 15 October 2019 / … Continue reading →

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Toward personalized cognitive diagnostics of at-genetic-risk Alzheimer’s disease

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Maurice Preter MD

Toward personalized cognitive diagnostics of at-genetic-risk Alzheimer’s disease Potential use of Big Data mined from a VR game for preclinical diagnostics… Source: https://www.pnas.org/content/116/19/9285 Significance We report that assessment of navigational behavior using the Sea Hero Quest app provides a means of … Continue reading →

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Infectious Theory of Alzheimer Disease Draws Fresh Interest – Medscape – Nov 14, 2018.

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Maurice Preter MD

Another excellent piece by one of the best science journalists. www.medscape.com Infectious Theory of Alzheimer Disease Draws Fresh Interest Bret S. Stetka, MD November 14, 2018 Dr Leslie Norins is willing to hand over $1 million of his own money to anyone … Continue reading →

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Systemic inflammation during midlife and cognitive change over 20 years The ARIC Study

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Maurice Preter MD

This is important. [Neuro]inflammation is long-term more damaging to cognition than high blood pressure. Many contributing factors: Metabolic syndrome, insomnia, noise pollution, traumatic brain injury, chronic poor relationships, poor self esteem, workplace bullying, socioeconomic distress etc.  Abstract Objective To examine … Continue reading →

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