by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 8, 2015 | Men's Health
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires makers of prescription testosterone products to have a label stating that: • taking testosterone may cause heart attacks, strokes and death, and • it is approved only for men who have low testosterone levels due to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 16, 2014 | Men's Health
Premature ejaculation means that a man doesn’t last as long as he wants to, regardless of time or strokes. Ninety percent of teenage boys suffer from this condition, while 90 percent of men over the age of 55 suffer from delayed ejaculation. A study from the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 16, 2014 | Men's Health
It should bother you that the nutritional supplement industry is unregulated because there is no way to tell what a supplement contains. Several different studies have shown that at least one third of nutritional supplements do not supply what is on the label. An...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 16, 2014 | Men's Health
I have been asked by hundreds of men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer whether they should be treated with surgery or radiation, or just watch and wait. One study showed that men under 60 who are in excellent health and are destined to live long lives may...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 6, 2014 | Men's Health
Metabolic syndrome and type II diabetes are characterized by high blood sugar, insulin, and triglycerides, low HDL and a fatty liver and obesity. Of 490 male adults, average age 58 years old, 37 percent with lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTS) had metabolic...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 9, 2014 | Men's Health
Researchers reviewed the medical records of 55,593 men who were given testosterone for low testosterone levels and/or sexual dysfunction and compared them to men who received Viagra or Cialis but no testosterone. After three months, the risk for heart attacks was...