by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 8, 2022 | Other Diseases & Conditions
This winter is expected to be a severe flu season: • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that flu cases are already rising to high levels in the U.S. • Flu virus is headed here from the southern hemisphere. Australia already has a very severe...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 5, 2022 | Heart Health
Two blood tests that are done during routine physical exams can be used to predict whether you are at increased risk for diabetes (Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), Feb 24, 2022;13:828581) and heart attacks (J of Clin Hypertension, Jan 13, 2016). It’s called the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 5, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Forty years ago this week we lost Marty Robbins at the tragically young age of 57. Robbins was one of the top country singers and songwriters from the 1940s to the 1980s, and today you will still hear his “El Paso,” “Big Iron” and many other...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 4, 2022 | Heart Health
If you have high blood pressure in the winter, you are at increased risk for a heart attack, even if your blood pressure is normal in the summertime (Hypertension Research, Sept 6, 2021;44:1363-1372). Blood pressure is often higher in winter and lower in summer (J...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 1, 2022 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A study from Israel found that intense exercise may help to prevent cancer from spreading, in humans and in mice, by using up body sugars so that less energy is available for the tumor cells to grow and spread (Cancer Res, Nov 15, 2022;82(22):4164–4178). Researchers...
