by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 4, 2018 | Other Diseases & Conditions
If you get recurrent painful blisters with itching or tingling in your skin, around your mouth or in your genital area, check with your doctor who will usually do a culture of the blisters. If the culture shows that you have an infection with one of the two herpes...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 18, 2018 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Chemotherapy and radiation used to treat cancers can help to prolong lives, but these treatments can also increase heart attack risk. The American Heart Association recently recommended that patients receiving chemotherapy or radiation to treat breast cancers should...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 4, 2018 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A study showed that prunes are an effective treatment for constipation, with 120 healthy adults, who did not eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and had bowel movements only 3-6 times a week, assigned to groups given either 0, 10 or 15 prunes per day for four weeks....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 7, 2018 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Researchers at Harvard University and VHIO cancer Institute in Barcelona report that colon cancer may be caused by a specific bacteria, Fusobacterium nucleatum (Science, Nov 23, 2017). I believe this is breakthrough research that could lead to a potential cure for...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 5, 2017 | Other Diseases & Conditions
An exciting new study in yeast contributes to our understanding of the link between cancer cells and sugar (Nature Communications, Oct 13, 2017;8(1):922). Yeast cells, like cancer cells, get most of their energy from fermentation of sugar without needing oxygen. This...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 28, 2017 | Other Diseases & Conditions
New research shows that visceral fat (the fat inside your belly and around organs) makes a protein called fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) in much larger amounts than fat underneath your skin does. FGF2 can convert normal cells into cancerous ones (Oncogene, August...
