by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 29, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
I have received many emails asking me how I would treat myself if I developed COVID-19. If I had COVID-19 and was not very sick, I do not know if I would take anything. Today there are no drugs or treatments proven to prevent or cure COVID-19, and the U.S. Food and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 29, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Don’t put your faith in the many advertisements for ultraviolet light machines making claims that they destroy SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. They have not been shown to be effective, and UV rays strong enough to kill a virus may also damage your...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 22, 2020 | Heart Health
You have two blood pressures: the systolic that measures blood pressure when your heart contracts, and the much lower diastolic reading that measures the pressure when your heart relaxes. When your heart contracts, it pushes a huge amount of blood forward to your...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 22, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Infection with COVID-19 comes primarily from breathing air in indoor spaces where people with the coronavirus have been, and the more virus you breathe in, the more likely you are to become infected. • Some people appear to be super contagious, and we don’t know why....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 8, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The only way that scientists are going to end this current pandemic is to develop vaccines and immunize enough people to reach immunity in about 75 percent of the population from the vaccines or by having been infected with the disease (Science, June 23, 2020). To...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 1, 2020 | Diabetes
A review of 129 studies found that tests for a high rise in blood sugar after meals were better than tests of fasting blood sugar levels as a predictor of coronary heart disease, strokes, or death from any cause (British Medical J, July 17, 2020;370:m2297). Having a...
