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...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 12, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
On October 7, 1959, singer Mario Lanza died suddenly at age 38 of a heart attack just as he was getting ready to check out of a medical clinic in Rome. He didn’t mean to kill himself, but his entire adult life was full of behaviors and actions that are known to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 8, 2021 | Nutrition
Forty-two percent of North Americans have vitamin D levels below 20 ng/mL, which makes them deficient by most standards (Nutr Res, 2011 Jan;31(1):48-54). Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased risk for developing many diseases (Aging Dis, May...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 5, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
George Jones lived and sang about sorrow and poverty, and became one of the greatest country music singers of all time, He recorded more than 900 songs and charted the most hits of any country singer, but he paid the price of spending a tremendous amount of time on...
