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...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 24, 2017 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Malignant melanomas are skin cancers that can spread rapidly through your body and kill you. Each year in the United States an estimated 77,000 people will develop invasive malignant melanoma; about 47,000 in men and 30,000 in women. For many years we have been told...
