by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 15, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
An Israeli study followed 596,618 people who were newly vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine during a six-week period from December 20, 2020, to February 1, 2021, and a matched group of the same number of unvaccinated controls (N Engl J Med, April 15,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 9, 2021 | Fitness
The CARDIA study followed 5115 adults in nine separate examinations over a period of 30-40 years, from ages 18-60. By age 60, 73.1 percent of the subjects in this study had developed high blood pressure, and the lower the level of physical activity, the more likely a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 9, 2021 | Heart Health
The American Heart Association (AHA) reports that a high waist circumference among individuals with normal weight appears to be a more reliable predictor of risk for heart attacks than just being overweight (Circulation, April 22, 2021). The AHA recommends using the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 5, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
The U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy has reported that even though it is illegal to use recreational cocaine, almost five million North Americans use it each year, leading to more than 550,000 yearly trips to emergency rooms. From the 1860s through 1922,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 1, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Researchers in the Whitehall Study followed 7959 British men and women for 30 years, with data on their sleep habits collected at ages 50, 60 and 70. They found that those who slept six hours or less per night had a 30 percent increased risk for dementia, compared...
