by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 3, 2024 | Other Diseases & Conditions
All people can develop body odor when certain bacteria or fungi colonize on their skin. Normal sweat doesn’t smell when it first reaches your skin. The odor usually comes only after certain microbes on the skin’s surface break down the fat in sweat to form chemicals...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 15, 2023 | Heart Health
A study from the UK examined the links between having a big belly, amount of physical activity and risk for a heart attack (Br J Sports Med, Nov 8, 2023;0:1-8, UK Biobank). The study followed 70,830 people, average age 61, for 6.8 years and in that time, 2795 suffered...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 11, 2023 | Diabetes
Statins may raise your blood sugar levels, but your doctor is still likely to recommended them if you have risk factors for heart attacks or strokes. Reviews of many studies show that statins can raise blood sugar levels, which increases risk for diabetes and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 11, 2023 | Heart Health
At the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions (November 13, 2023), researchers presented the results of the 11,255 patient ESPRIT trial of patients who also had diabetes and/or a past history of a stroke. When they were treated very aggressively for three...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 1, 2023 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A study of 44,000 Swedish adults, 64 to 99 years of age, followed for up to 35 years, found that 2.7 percent (1,224) lived to their 100th birthday (Geroscience, Nov 4, 2023). Among the 1,224 centenarians in this study, 84 percent were women. The researchers wanted to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 25, 2023 | Diabetes
Researchers from Harvard recently showed that aspirin could help to treat people with fatty liver disease (Meeting of American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, November 10, 2023). Eighty patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) were randomly...
