by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 27, 2019 | Heart Health
A study of more than 100,000 healthy Chinese citizens followed for nine years showed that having very low levels of LDL cholesterol (<70 mg/dl) is associated with increased risk for bleeding into the brain, and the lower the LDL, the greater the risk (Neurology,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 23, 2019 | Heart Health
Atrial fibrillation is the most common irregular heartbeat. It occurs in 1.5 to 2 percent of the general population and risk increases with age. It affects 10 percent of 75-year-olds and 20 percent of those over 85, because aging increases the risk factors for atrial...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 9, 2019 | Heart Health
Heart attacks and strokes cause 50 percent of the deaths in North America today, yet many people are not adopting the lifestyle changes needed to prevent the factors that cause them: inflammation and clotting. A new study from the University of Michigan shows how...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 7, 2019 | Heart Health
The CARDIA Study shows that having certain types of bacteria in your colon is associated with having high blood pressure (Hypertension, Mar 25, 2019), and that you can lower blood pressure by improving the proportion of healthful to unhealthful bacteria in your colon....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 31, 2019 | Heart Health
You have more than 100 trillion bacteria living in your colon, with some types that are helpful and other types that are harmful. With aging, the ratio of good to bad types of bacteria appears to change, increasing the amounts of harmful bacteria and reducing the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 10, 2019 | Heart Health
A study of 21,758 men, average age 51.7 years, followed for an average 10.4 years, showed that men who exercised the most have more plaques in their arteries, but do not suffer more heart attacks or deaths than those with less heart artery calcification (JAMA Cardiol,...
