by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 11, 2016 | Nutrition
This month two strong studies show that 1) giving people with heart disease a diet that is high in fruits and vegetables and low in red meat is more effective than taking statin drugs in preventing heart attack deaths, and 2) eating red meat regularly increases risk...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 11, 2016 | Deaths of Famous People
What would you think about a man who was worth almost eight billion dollars repeatedly denying that his company's weight-loss drug caused heart damage? Fenfluramine was withdrawn from the U.S. market in 1997, but the French parent company, Laboratories...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 4, 2016 | Joints & Bones
Knee osteoarthritis means that your knee hurts and your doctor does not know the cause. With aging, a person wears away the shock-absorbing cartilage in the knees, which increases risk for pain and swelling. Often people with knee osteoarthritis have perfectly normal...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 4, 2016 | Nutrition
A report from the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study of more than 126,000 men and women who have been followed for 32 years shows that increasing total fat intake is associated with decreasing risk of death (JAMA Intern Med, August...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 4, 2016 | Deaths of Famous People
Gene Wilder was a beloved American stage, screen and TV actor who made people laugh just by being himself. He was also a successful screenwriter, film director and author. He is best remembered for the movies where he appeared to be naive and childlike:...
