by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 16, 2019 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Dr. Gregg L. Semenza of Johns Hopkins, Dr. William G. Kaelin Jr. of Harvard and Dr. Peter J. Ratcliffe at Oxford in London shared the 2019 Nobel Prize for discovering how your body responds when you can’t meet your needs for oxygen. Their groundbreaking research...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 7, 2019 | Heart Health
An analysis of 7,743 people suffering from osteoarthritis found that those who took NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs) were at 41 percent increased risk for suffering heart attacks, heart failure and strokes, compared to arthritis patients who did not take...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 7, 2019 | Heart Health
At last we have a reasonable explanation why statins can cause some people to suffer skeletal muscle pain and damage, but do not cause heart muscle damage (JACC: Basic to Translational Science, Aug 2019;4(4):509-523). Muscles contract after they release calcium from...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 5, 2019 | Men's Health
A study of more than 3,400 former National Football League players, average age 52, found that those who had had a concussion were at increased risk for low testosterone and erectile dysfunction, regardless how young or old they were (JAMA Neurology, Aug 26, 2019)....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 1, 2019 | Diabetes
A low fasting blood sugar or an abnormally low HbA1C (a test of the amount of sugar stuck on cells) may increase risk for heart attacks. Researchers followed almost 5000 people for 13 years and found that having a very low fasting blood sugar (<80 mg/dL) and very...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 24, 2019 | Health, Other Diseases & Conditions
Your body uses inflammation to protect you from invading germs and to heal injuries. When a germ gets into your body, your immune system makes cells and proteins to kill that germ. As soon as the germ is gone, your immune system is supposed to dampen down and stop...
