by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 30, 2013 | Other Diseases & Conditions
I never recommend the full body CAT scans for healthy people. You’ve seen the advertisements. They tell you to come in, get a scan of your entire body, pay your thousand dollars and find out what’s wrong with you before you have symptoms. CAT scans of the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 30, 2013 | Other Diseases & Conditions
If you develop dizziness that lasts for more than a few seconds, check with your doctor. it could be a stroke. Recurrent dizziness can be caused by temporary interruption of circulation to your brain, such as blocked neck arteries or an irregular heart beat. It can be...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 30, 2013 | Other Diseases & Conditions
If you notice dark brown or whitish circles on your skin, particularly on your chest or back, you probably have a fungus infection called tinea versicolor. Tinea versicolor is especially noticeable as white spots on your skin when you try to get a suntan. You...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 30, 2013 | Other Diseases & Conditions
When patients come to me with pain in the chest and I feel swelling and they hurt when I press on ribs just to the side of the large bone in the middle of the chest, I often diagnose a usually harmless condition called Tietze’s syndrome, also known as...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 30, 2013 | Other Diseases & Conditions
We do not know how safe sunscreens are because they have never been tested systematically. Oxybenzone in sunscreens has been shown to be absorbed into the bloodstream in humans, and to disrupt hormones in animals. Zinc oxide and titanium dioxide appear to be safe,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 30, 2013 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Most doctors eventually realize how difficult it is to treat sinusitis. If you have been diagnosed as having sinusitis, and have sought help from allergists, ear-nose-and-throat-doctors, internists or surgeons, you know that you still have sinusitis, even though you...
