by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 1, 2013 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Do you know why you should wear socks? It’s to keep your feet and shoes from smelling. Foot odor is caused by bacteria or fungi rotting old skin. Your skin turns over every 28 days. A new cell starts on the bottom layer of skin, then another skin cell forms...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 1, 2013 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Fungus infections cause less than five percent of deformed nails. Drying of skin and skin conditions such as psoriasis are more common causes. The part of nails that you see is dead. Living nails are located underneath the skin at their base. It takes four and a half...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 1, 2013 | Other Diseases & Conditions
With aging, many people develop dark spots on their skin, particularly in the sun-exposed areas of the face and back of the hands. Others develop dark spots after pregnancy or trauma, such as an abrasion, insect bite or cut. If you have dark spots on your skin, check...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 1, 2013 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Several reports show that taking certain medications with grapefruit juice can cause problems by markedly increasing absorption of the medication. Many drugs are broken down in your intestines by an enzyme called cytochrome P450 that is normally there, so these drugs...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 31, 2013 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Web sites for products such as "HeightGrowth" are so unbelievable that the people who wrote them must be laughing as they steal people's money for totally worthless products. They tell you that if you take HeightGrowth, you will continue to grow until...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 31, 2013 | Other Diseases & Conditions
After cigarette smoke, radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer, causing more than 15,000 deaths each year. Radon-222 is a colorless, odorless gas that forms from the decay of naturally occurring uranium-238. Since U-238 occurs in soil and rock throughout...
