by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 24, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
Colin Powell was the first African-American Secretary of State, the 16th U.S. national security advisor and a 4-star general who was the 12th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He died from COVID-19 because he had multiple myeloma, a bone marrow cancer that...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 24, 2021 | Heart Health
Daily aspirin can help to prevent heart attacks, but the United States Preventive Services Task Force now recommends that: • adults 60 years and older should not take aspirin to help prevent a first heart attack, and • those 40-59 years old who are at high risk for...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 18, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
NOTE: You can listen to me read and discuss my favorite poem on my archived radio show Hour 90, which was broadcast in 2004. This was actually one of my last shows; we had just announced the end of show (after 25 years of broadcasts), so many of the callers that...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 14, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Older people may be diagnosed with chronic kidney disease because of their results on a routine blood test called eGFR (Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate) that is used to screen for kidney damage. This test is important because patients with kidney disease often...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 13, 2021 | Fitness
If you think that football is the sport with the most injuries, you would be wrong. Each year, 79 percent of long-distance runners suffer injuries that force them to take time off from running (Br J Sports Med, Aug, 2007;41(8):469-80). The most-injured part is the...
