by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 30, 2024 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Human papilloma viruses (HPVs) can cause several types of cancer. There are 12 high-risk HPV types: HPV 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, and 59. Two of these, HPV 16 and HPV 18, are responsible for most HPV-related cancers. Low-risk HPV types usually do not...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 1, 2023 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Many of the more than 150 strains of Human Papilloma Viruses (HPV) are relatively harmless, but about 15 are classified as high-risk types because they can cause cancer and other health problems. A single dose of the vaccine for types 16, 18 and the other high-risk...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 1, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
Babe Ruth was arguably the greatest baseball player who ever lived. When he retired from baseball in 1935, he held the record for most home runs (714), had a batting average of .342, batted in 2,213 runs, had a slugging percentage of 690, got on base 47.4 percent of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 16, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Bobbie Battista was one of the original CNN cable news anchors, starting in 1981 and continuing to broadcast there for 20 years. She reported on: • the fall of the Berlin Wall, • the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, • the Gulf War, • the terrorist attacks on...
