by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 20, 2024 | Other Diseases & Conditions
It is established that brushing teeth regularly helps to prevent cavities and save teeth. The most efficient times to brush your teeth may be before or after breakfast and before you go to bed at night. Brushing Before Breakfast When you wake up in the morning, your...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 10, 2021 | Heart Health
Heart attacks are not caused by plaques making arteries too narrow. They are caused by plaques suddenly breaking off from the inner lining of a heart artery, followed by bleeding, and then a clot forms that completely blocks all blood flow to a part of the heart...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 27, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Regis Philbin held the Guinness Book of World Records title for the most time spent in front of a television camera — tallied at 16,343 hours when he retired at age 80 in 2011. He hosted “Live! with Kathie Lee” (which later became “Live! with...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 25, 2018 | Heart Health
Being overweight is associated with having larger plaques in the arteries leading to the heart and a marked increase and progression of these arterial plaques that cause heart attacks, even if a person does not have the risk factors that predict increased risk for...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 21, 2018 | Heart Health
Having a high (>100 mg/dL) bad LDL cholesterol or a low (<40) good HDL cholesterol has long been associated with increased risk for heart attacks. However, new studies show that you can form plaques and be at risk for a heart attack even if your bad LDL...
