by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 13, 2023 | Heart Health
More than 40 percent of North American adults are seriously overweight, which puts them at high risk for heart attacks, diabetes, certain cancers and premature death (Population Studies, Feb 9, 2023;77(1)). Researchers at Boston University have explained how being...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 13, 2023 | Heart Health
It is established that having a high bad LDL cholesterol increases your chances of suffering a heart attack (Int J Environ Res Public Health, Jul, 2022;19(14):8272; Lancet, Nov 21, 2020;396(10263):1644-1652) and that reducing high levels of LDL helps to prevent heart...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 23, 2023 | Heart Health
Thirty percent of North Americans over the age of 85 suffer from dementia. A recent study shows that people whose blood cholesterol levels varied the most over a 12 year period had a 19 percent increased risk for Alzheimer’s dementia compared to those with...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 10, 2023 | Heart Health
A recent review of seven studies covering more than 19,000 adults found that taking one alcoholic drink a day for more than four years is associated with a rise in blood pressure, even if a person previously had normal blood pressure (Hypertension, July 31, 2023)....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 1, 2023 | Heart Health
A study of 59,124 patients in 223 medical care centers had one group of patients check their blood pressures several times throughout the day and night, while the other group had blood pressure checked in their doctors’ offices only. After 10 years, 12.1 percent...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 10, 2023 | Heart Health
There are many ways to measure risk factors for having a heart attack, but since the 1950s the criteria used most by doctors to predict your likelihood to suffer a heart attack has been that HDL (“Healthy”) cholesterol predicts protection, and the LDL...
