by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 22, 2013 | Heart Health
One in ten Americans suffers from mitral valve prolapse and the vast majority have no symptoms and will never know that they have it. Valves are located in your heart to keep blood from backing up. With aging, some of these valves can stretch and fail to close...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 22, 2013 | Diabetes
Most people who develop diabetes in later life can be controlled so that they are not at increased risk for the many complications of diabetes such as heart attacks, strokes, blindness, deafness, amputations, kidney failure, burning foot syndrome, venous insufficiency...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 19, 2013 | Men's Health
If you are a man who finds it difficult to start your stream, check with your doctor to see if you have an infection or a benign or cancerous enlargement of your prostate. Your doctor usually examines your prostate for potentially cancerous nodules, orders a PSA blood...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 19, 2013 | Men's Health
As men age from 50 to 70, their testosterone levels drop more than 40 percent, causing them to become fatter, and less sexual, muscular and assertive and have smaller, weaker bones (7,11). Twenty percent of men aged 60-80 years have testosterone levels below the lower...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 11, 2013 | Deaths of Famous People
When a person becomes extraordinarily tired to the point where he or she can’t get through the day, doctors do an extensive evaluation to find the cause. They check for an infection, a hidden cancer, poison, an autoimmune disease, lack of minerals and so forth. When...
