by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 27, 2015 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Pinch the skin over your belly. If your fingers are three or more inches apart, you are at increased risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes, and certain cancers (J Am Coll Cardiol, 2013;62(10):921-925). Harvard University researchers show that...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 12, 2015 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Researchers at Stanford reviewed the medical records of nearly three million people and found that those who took a type of ulcer medication called Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) were almost 20 percent more likely to suffer heart attacks than those not taking these...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 31, 2015 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Do you believe that you will catch a cold when you go out in the cold without warm clothing or when you have wet hair? If you say no, you are correct. Colds and pneumonia are caused by infection. You do not pick up infections from cold weather, you get germs from...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 20, 2015 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The risk of developing dementia doubles every five years after age 65, until by age 85 almost 50 percent of North Americans suffer some degree of dementia. Finnish researchers showed that they were able to slow the onset of dementia in people at high risk with a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 20, 2015 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A study published this week shows that vegetarians who eat fish have a 43 percent reduced risk for developing colon cancer, compared to people who eat meat (JAMA Internal Medicine, March 9, 2015). Researchers analyzed the diets of nearly 78,000 men and women. During...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 20, 2015 | Other Diseases & Conditions
People who take aspirin are at reduced risk for colon cancer, unless they are among the four percent of North Americans who have a genetic susceptibility for colon cancer (JAMA, March 17, 2015;313(11):1133-1142). Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer...
