by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 19, 2013 | Diabetes
In April 2000, a study from the Air Force was widely reported in newspapers to have shown that agent orange causes diabetes. Only Gina Kolata, a science and health writer for the New York Times, got the story right (NYT, April 20, 2000). The study authors found that...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 19, 2013 | Diabetes
A study from Italy shows that more than 56 percent of diabetic men suffer from impotence, and almost all complain bitterly that it has destroyed something that is very important to them. The study also shows that most men who are impotent from diabetes are depressed....
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...
