by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 19, 2022 | Heart Health
Researchers analyzed data from 3865 adults and found that more than 50 percent said that they did not know that alcohol increases cancer risk (Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, Dec 1, 2022). The people who incorrectly thought that alcohol doesn’t cause...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 8, 2022 | Other Diseases & Conditions
This winter is expected to be a severe flu season: • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that flu cases are already rising to high levels in the U.S. • Flu virus is headed here from the southern hemisphere. Australia already has a very severe...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 5, 2022 | Heart Health
Two blood tests that are done during routine physical exams can be used to predict whether you are at increased risk for diabetes (Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), Feb 24, 2022;13:828581) and heart attacks (J of Clin Hypertension, Jan 13, 2016). It’s called the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 4, 2022 | Heart Health
If you have high blood pressure in the winter, you are at increased risk for a heart attack, even if your blood pressure is normal in the summertime (Hypertension Research, Sept 6, 2021;44:1363-1372). Blood pressure is often higher in winter and lower in summer (J...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 1, 2022 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A study from Israel found that intense exercise may help to prevent cancer from spreading, in humans and in mice, by using up body sugars so that less energy is available for the tumor cells to grow and spread (Cancer Res, Nov 15, 2022;82(22):4164–4178). Researchers...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 17, 2022 | Heart Health
A study of supplements that claim to lower cholesterol followed 199 patients at the Cleveland Clinic for 28 days. Participants were given either a supplement (fish oil pills, red yeast rice, cinnamon, garlic, turmeric or plant sterols), a statin drug (rosuvastatin,...
