by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2014 | Women's Health
Dry skin means lack of water, not lack of oil. Skin creams function by creating a temporary barrier on your skin that seals in water. In the late 1940’s, a doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital took a hard callus off the foot of one of his patients and placed...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 4, 2014 | Diabetes
Researchers in Spain used MRI scans on the brains of 614 people who had diabetes for an average of 10 years (Radiology, published online April 29, 2014). They showed that: * The longer a patient has diabetes, the smaller his brain, particularly in the gray matter that...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 6, 2014 | Heart Health
Knowing when to take your blood pressure can help you predict your likelihood of suffering a heart attack. We know that having high blood pressure markedly increases your risk for heart attacks. Blood pressure is usually lowest just before you go to bed at night and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 6, 2014 | Men's Health
Metabolic syndrome and type II diabetes are characterized by high blood sugar, insulin, and triglycerides, low HDL and a fatty liver and obesity. Of 490 male adults, average age 58 years old, 37 percent with lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTS) had metabolic...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 9, 2014 | Men's Health
Researchers reviewed the medical records of 55,593 men who were given testosterone for low testosterone levels and/or sexual dysfunction and compared them to men who received Viagra or Cialis but no testosterone. After three months, the risk for heart attacks was...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 1, 2014 | Heart Health
Twenty years ago, reports from Harvard School of Public Health showed that a diet rich in plants lowers high blood pressure (1,2). It’s called the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.) Other studies show that similar eating patterns lower...
