by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 9, 2018 | Diabetes
Today, more than 29 million people in North America are diagnosed as being diabetic, another 86 million have pre-diabetes, and most diabetics have not even been diagnosed. More than 88 percent of North American adults have their blood sugar levels rise too high after...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 9, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
On November 30, 2018, George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, died of vascular Parkinsonism, a disease with many of the same risk factors as those for strokes and a heart attack. However, he did not have the two major risk factors for heart...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 2, 2018 | Joints & Bones
The majority of people with arthritis are inactive, overweight, diabetic or pre-diabetic. The CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (November 9, 2018; 67(44);1238–1241) found that 32 percent of adults with arthritis have pre-diabetes or diabetes, 56.5 percent are...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 2, 2018 | Heart Health
High blood pressure (greater than 130/90 before you go to bed at night) markedly increases risk for heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and premature death. Almost 50 percent of North American adults have high blood pressure, and it causes more than 80,000 U.S....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 25, 2018 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Dementia means loss of brain function, and your chance of having dementia increases with age: it affects three percent of people ages 65-74, 17 percent of those age 75-84 and 32 percent of those age 85 or older (Neurology, 2013;80(19):1778-83). Doctors can now predict...
