by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 7, 2024 | Heart Health
Virtually all doctors agree that exercise helps to keep you healthy and to prolong your life. People who exercise into later life live longer than non-exercisers and are at reduced risk for high blood pressure, heart attacks, premature death, diabetes, strokes and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 5, 2024 | Nutrition
Since the 1940s, the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, 137.165 (a), has recommended that each pound of food made from flour should contain 24 milligrams of niacin to help prevent vitamin B3 deficiency. For years, some doctors have prescribed niacin to treat people...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 4, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
Richard Lewis was a stand-up comedian, actor and author of two self-deprecating books, and for 11 years he played a fictionalized version of himself in the hit HBO series “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” In 2021, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. A year...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 1, 2024 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The macula is located in the retina in the back of the eye and provides central vision, most of the color vision and the fine details of vision. Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a chronic eye disorder. The earliest symptoms of macular degeneration are...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 27, 2024 | Nutrition
Several older studies suggest that taking in one glass of wine per day for women or two glasses of wine per day for men is associated with reduced risk for a heart attack. However, a review of 107 studies involving more than 4.8 million participants found no reduction...
