by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 5, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
As businesses and activities are re-opening, many people have decided to relax their precautions to avoid infection with COVID-19. If you are a person who is at high risk for complications from this virus, I believe that you should continue to be on guard. You are at...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 20, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The American Cancer Society has just published a strong guideline document for preventing cancer (Ca: a Cancer Journal for Clinicians, June 9, 2020; https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21591). Their recommendations are: • Avoid overweight and avoid weight gain in adult life....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 14, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
When a person becomes extraordinarily tired to the point where he or she can’t get through the day, doctors should do an extensive evaluation to try to find the cause. They check for an infection, a hidden cancer, impaired immunity, poisons, an autoimmune disease,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 29, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
CAUTION: The news media often reports on articles from the websites of scientific journals that have not yet been peer reviewed by other doctors. It has become common practice to “pre-publish” studies or press releases online before they have been fully...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 16, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
As of today doctors have no proven effective treatment for COVID-19. However, many studies are being conducted all over the world. Here are some of the reported studies: • Vitamin D: People who have blood levels of hydroxy vitamin D below 30 ng/mL probably should be...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 9, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
People who develop frequent infections are at increased risk for developing cancer later on. Japanese researchers checked 2,354 patients suffering from malignant cancers and found that compared to those who did not develop cancer, cancer sufferers were at...
