by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 19, 2013 | Diabetes
You can tell if you are at high risk for diabetes if you store fat primarily in your belly. Pinch your belly; if you can pinch an more than an inch of fat under the skin there, you are at increased risk and should get a blood test called HBA1C. Having high blood...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 16, 2013 | Men's Health
Many doctors recommend that every man over 40 get a blood test called Prostate Specific Antigen to check for prostate cancer. However, PSA levels can be raised abnormally high by: • prostate infections, • a benign enlarged prostate, • riding a bicycle, • making love,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 16, 2013 | Men's Health
Several papers show that having to urinate frequently at night is often caused by low levels of antidiuretic hormone (1,2) and that taking that hormone can control this condition (3). During the day, your kidneys clean your body by producing large amounts of urine....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 16, 2013 | Men's Health
A series of articles in Human Reproduction Update showed that infection is the most common cause of male infertility and that standard tests for infertility often do not find the infection. When evaluating a male for infertility, doctors check sperm count and sperm...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 16, 2013 | Men's Health
A depressing study from Harvard School of Public Health showed that loss of hair on the top of the head markedly increases a man’s chances of suffering a heart attack, and the more hair he loses, the more likely he is to suffer a heart attack (1). Men with male...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 16, 2013 | Men's Health
Several years ago I reported that the present treatment for male-pattern baldness is not very effective, that male pattern baldness may be caused by insulin resistance, and that a diet high in sugar and flour may cause irreversible hair loss. The old theory was that...
