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 | Jun 4, 2017 | Heart Health
Moderate drinking does not appear to prevent heart attacks. An analysis of 45 studies of relationships between heart attacks and alcohol consumption reports that the studies that associated moderate drinking with reduced heart attack rates are flawed (Journal of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 20, 2017 | Heart Health
Millions of people take over-the-counter NSAID pain medicines when they have a headache, fever, chills, joint pain or various other aches and pains. A new study shows that NSAIDs are associated with increased risk for heart attacks (British Medical Journal, May 9,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 18, 2017 | Heart Health
Several recent articles provide new data on which foods are associated with both your health and your longevity. JAMA (2017;317(9):912-924).contains a major statistical analysis of the association between diet quality and rates of death from the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 12, 2017 | Heart Health
Most researchers believe that exercise helps to strengthen the heart and protect it from disease, but about twenty years ago, doctors noted that some men over 80 who competed in cross country ski races longer than 100 kilometers (60 miles) were at increased risk for...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 24, 2016 | Heart Health
Several times I have reported on the pros and cons of doctors' recommendations that heart attack-susceptible men and women, aged 50 to 69, take a baby aspirin daily or every other day to help prevent heart attacks and colon cancer. These recommendations have...
