by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 11, 2023 | Diabetes
About 70 percent of North American adults will suffer from type II diabetes or prediabetes. The most common cause of diabetes is excess fat in the liver, which prevents your body from responding to insulin to cause high blood sugar levels. When you have high blood...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 5, 2023 | Heart Health
Most people with high blood pressure are not able to achieve normal blood pressure with daily doses of a single medication. In one study, more than 45 percent of people with high blood pressure did not take their medication regularly, and 84 percent of those with...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 30, 2023 | Other Diseases & Conditions
I am following the latest developments on COVID-19 and our efforts to control the pandemic or to deal with it as an endemic disease. I will update this page regularly, so if you are interested, check back often. Older entries (back to 2019) can be found in the post...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 22, 2023 | Heart Health
Exercise has been shown to help prevent heart attacks (JAMA Intern Med, 2015 Jun;175(6):959–67), and a new study suggests that you can gain protection with as little as 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week, or 75 minutes per week of more vigorous activity....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 7, 2023 | Other Diseases & Conditions
It is common and normal for people occasionally to have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep at night, but if this occurs on a regular basis and interferes with functioning during the daylight hours, you may need a medical evaluation to find the cause. Getting...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 30, 2023 | Heart Health
Doctors try to predict and prevent heart attacks by measuring blood levels of LDL cholesterol and treating you if they are too high. Statins and PSK9 inhibitors are among the most effective drugs used to lower high LDL cholesterol. Almost half of all North American...
