by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 21, 2020 | Joints & Bones
I have said repeatedly that surgery to trim attached cartilage in the knee is usually worthless. I have seen many patients who have had cartilage removed by surgeons for an average charge of $5000, and then they must have a knee replacement several years later. The...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 20, 2020 | Diabetes
U.S. government data show that the number of newly diagnosed diabetics dropped from 1.7 million in 2009 to 1.3 million in 2017 (BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, May 28, 2019, 7(1)e000657). This number should not make anyone feel good because huge numbers of...
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 19, 2020 | Heart Health
Medical researchers agree that exercising into old age helps to prevent heart attacks, strokes and cancers and prolongs lives, but one report shows that sometimes competing in endurance sports may cause atrial fibrillation (Am J Case Rep, May 26, 2020;21:e924580). One...
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 | Diabetes
More than seventy percent of North Americans adults will become diabetic or prediabetic; diseases that are curable with lifestyle changes and not curable by drugs. Insulin insensitivity (failure to respond to insulin) causes the majority of all cases of type II...
