by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 8, 2019 | Heart Health
A huge study from Korea confirms that people with Metabolic Syndrome are at increased risk for heart attacks, and that when they correct some or all of the components of Metabolic Syndrome, their risk for a heart attack goes down dramatically (Annals of Internal...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 30, 2019 | Heart Health
Since heart attacks are usually caused by plaques breaking off from the inner linings of arteries leading to the heart, doctors use a test called Coronary Artery Calcium Score (CAC) to predict which people have the largest plaques and therefore are at high risk for...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 24, 2019 | Heart Health
The $100 million ISCHEMIA Trial, the largest and best-controlled study on the subject to date, was presented at the American Heart Association’s annual scientific conference on November 16, 2019 in Philadelphia. It followed 5,179 high-risk patients and showed that...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 7, 2019 | Heart Health
A study from Ireland shows that many people at low risk for heart attacks who take statin drugs gain little benefit, and may be wasting healthcare resources (BMJ, Oct 16, 2019;367:l5674.) The European guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention would put 61...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 7, 2019 | Heart Health
An analysis of 7,743 people suffering from osteoarthritis found that those who took NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs) were at 41 percent increased risk for suffering heart attacks, heart failure and strokes, compared to arthritis patients who did not take...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 7, 2019 | Heart Health
At last we have a reasonable explanation why statins can cause some people to suffer skeletal muscle pain and damage, but do not cause heart muscle damage (JACC: Basic to Translational Science, Aug 2019;4(4):509-523). Muscles contract after they release calcium from...
