by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 30, 2013 | Other Diseases & Conditions
One in 20 people over 60 suffers from restless legs syndrome, a common cause of insomnia. Without any warning during sleep. their legs start to tingle, and walk off the bed. Since restless legs syndrome occurs commonly, but not exclusively, in people who suffer from...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 30, 2013 | Other Diseases & Conditions
If you have developed shaking of your hands, you could have Parkinson's disease which is difficult to treat, or Benign Tremors which is usually easy to treat. You are more likely to have the more serious Parkinson's disease if you have the tremor at rest, a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 29, 2013 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Many medical authors recommend treating all Lyme disease patients with 30 days of intravenous Rocephin. However, intravenous antibiotics may offer no advantage over less expensive pills (1). For many years I have been criticized for treating my Lyme disease patients...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 29, 2013 | Joints & Bones
A study from Springfield College in Massachusetts showed that T’ai Chi is an ideal exercise for a person with arthritis (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2000, Vol 48, Iss 12, pp 1553-1559). The ends of bones where they come together at joints are...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 29, 2013 | Joints & Bones
One in ten North Americans suffers from osteoarthritis or degenerative arthritis, a disease in which the currently-used medications, acetaminophen, aspirin and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, do not slow or reverse the progressive destruction of joints and no...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 29, 2013 | Joints & Bones
When you have arthritis, your joints hurt every time you move. When you wake up, your muscles and tendons are so stiff that you can barely get out of bed, but you force yourself to get up and as you keep on moving, the pain lessens and you can move a little faster. Is...
