Neil S Shachter MD
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
15300 Jog Rd Suite 202 Delray Beach FL, 33446Rating
4/5
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Neil Shachter is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Delray Beach, FL. Shachter specializes in the health of individuals, communities, and particular populations, focusing on how to protect and maintain health as well as prevent disease and dangers. As a preventative health specialist, Shachter participates in the planning and evaluation of health services, researches diseases in specific populations and helps manage health care organizations. Preventative medicine specialists can specialize further in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, or public health and general preventive medicine.
Education and Training
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Delayed catabolism of apoB-48 lipoproteins due to decreased heparan sulfate proteoglycan production in diabetic mice.
- Apolipoproteins C-I and C-III as important modulators of lipoprotein metabolism.
- Apolipoprotein C-I expression in the brain in Alzheimer's disease.
- Sex and hormonal status influence the effects of psyllium on lipoprotein remodeling and composition.
- Pre-menopausal women, classified as hypo- or hyperresponders, do not alter their LDL/HDL ratio following a high dietary cholesterol challenge.
- Overexpression of apoC-I in apoE-null mice: severe hypertriglyceridemia due to inhibition of hepatic lipase.
- Men classified as hypo- or hyperresponders to dietary cholesterol feeding exhibit differences in lipoprotein metabolism.
- Waist circumference is a better predictor than body mass index of coronary heart disease risk in overweight premenopausal women.
- Overexpression of apoC-III produces lesser hypertriglyceridemia in apoB-48-only gene-targeted mice than in apoB-100-only mice.
- Fatty acids increase presenilin-1 levels and [gamma]-secretase activity in PSwt-1 cells.
- High intake of saturated fat and early occurrence of specific biomarkers may explain the prevalence of chronic disease in northern Mexico.
- The common insertional polymorphism in the APOC1 promoter is associated with serum apolipoprotein C-I levels in Hispanic children.
- Grape polyphenols exert a cardioprotective effect in pre- and postmenopausal women by lowering plasma lipids and reducing oxidative stress.
- ABCG1: how critical for cholesterol transport?
- Weight loss associated with reduced intake of carbohydrate reduces the atherogenicity of LDL in premenopausal women.
Treatments
- Angina
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Venous Insufficiency
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Vascular Disease
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