by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 30, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The World Health Organization (WHO) gave the new coronavirus the name “COVID-19” on February 11, 2020, and declared it a pandemic on March 10, 2020. A review of 22 studies on similar human coronaviruses such as SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 28, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The United States now has the most cases of COVID-19 in the world because we were not prepared for the pandemic. COVID-19 first appeared in early December in a seafood and live animal market located next to a major train station in Wuhan, China. Three nearby...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 21, 2020 | Heart Health
Up to 20 percent of people who take statin drugs to lower cholesterol suffer from muscle aches, particularly when they try to exercise. A systematic review found eight studies that showed that Co-enzyme Q10 (CoQ10) does not reduce statin-induced muscle pain, compared...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 19, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Today there are no drugs that have been proven to treat the coronavirus, COVID-19, but a study from China showed that the inexpensive anti-malarial drug, Chloroquine phosphate, was safe and effective in shortening the course and decreasing symptoms in patients...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 23, 2020 | Heart Health
Having high blood levels of the bad LDL cholesterol (>100 mg/dL) is associated with increased risk for heart attacks and premature death, and is the single most important predictor of forming plaques in your arteries. The American Heart Association, American...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 16, 2020 | Heart Health
Many studies show that eating meat every day is associated with increased risk for heart disease, but until now we have had little data about the effects of eating meat less often than that. A new study from Cornell and Northwestern Universities followed 29,682...
