by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 11, 2018 | Heart Health
Virtually all doctors agree that stents can save lives if used within three hours of the start of a heart attack. However, there is no good evidence that stents prevent heart attacks in people who have chest pain during exercise. The ORBITA study showed that in...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 19, 2018 | Heart Health
There are many ways to measure risk factors for having a heart attack, but for more than the last 60 years, the criteria used most by doctors to predict your likelihood to suffer a heart attack was to measure your LDL and HDL cholesterol. However, several recent...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 29, 2018 | Heart Health
Paul D. Thompson, M.D., an accomplished competitive international marathon runner as well as a respected cardiologist, wrote an editorial on two studies that show how important regular vigorous exercise is to prolong lives and prevent heart attacks and strokes...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 16, 2018 | Heart Health
The evidence is overwhelming that statin drugs do help to lower cholesterol and to reduce risk for heart attacks. However, one study confirms that statins interfere with the ability to exercise and to compete in sports, even in patients who report no symptoms (J Clin...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 11, 2018 | Heart Health
More people are taking fish oil pills than ever before, yet very strong data show that fish oil pills do not reduce risk for heart disease. Ten large randomized studies following 77,917 people for an average of 4.4 years showed that taking fish oil pills does not...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 21, 2018 | Heart Health
Having a high (>100 mg/dL) bad LDL cholesterol or a low (<40) good HDL cholesterol has long been associated with increased risk for heart attacks. However, new studies show that you can form plaques and be at risk for a heart attack even if your bad LDL...
