by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 8, 2017 | Diabetes
A just-published study shows that drinking either sugared or artificially-sweetened drinks is associated with increased risk for diabetes (Am J Clin Nutr, Jun 28, 2017). Of 64,850 post-menopausal women followed for 8.4 years, 4675 developed diabetes. Women who drank...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 2, 2017 | Heart Health
People who take red yeast rice pills to lower their cholesterol levels may not be getting their expected protection against suffering a heart attack. North Americans spend an estimated 40 million dollars a year on these pills. Harvard professor Pieter Cohen tested 28...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 2, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
Stephen Furst performed in, directed and produced many movies and television shows, but he is best remembered for his first movie role in 1978 as the lovable, insecure and massively obese "Flounder" in the 1978 hit movie, National Lampoon’s Animal...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 25, 2017 | Fitness
It took years for the medical community to learn what causes a side stitch in which a runner suddenly develops a sharp stabbing pain, usually in the right upper part of the belly just underneath the ribs. With continued running, the pain worsens, but it goes away as...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 25, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
Dina Merrill was an American actress and philanthropist who was the only child of Marjorie Merriweather Post, the Post Cereals heiress who became the richest woman in America, and her second husband, E.F. Hutton, the fabulously-wealthy founder of the financial company...
