by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 24, 2022 | Heart Health
A respected group of researchers found that after a patient had a heart attack, taking one pill containing three heart drugs was more effective than taking similar prescribed drugs in separate pills during three years of follow-up (New Engl J of Med, August 26, 2022)....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 18, 2022 | Other Diseases & Conditions
More than 450 people are still dying every day from COVID-19. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Communicable Disease Center (CDC) have authorized the new bivalent COVID-19 vaccines as a single booster dose at least two months after primary or booster...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 12, 2022 | Other Diseases & Conditions
In the largest prospective study yet on the subject, researchers followed 1251 participants in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study and the Nurses’ Health Study who developed Parkinson’s Disease. (JAMA Netw Open, Aug 19, 2022;5(8):e2227738). The...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 20, 2022 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) released its 2022 annual Guide to Sunscreens, which found that 75 percent of more than 1,850 sunscreen products evaluated either offered poor skin protection from the sun, or contain ingredients that may harm your health or...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 12, 2022 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has declared monkeypox to be a public health emergency (New York Times, August 4, 2022), and the U.S. has recorded more than 7000 infections, more than any other country in the world. The only two states that have not...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 5, 2022 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A study from Harvard Medical School found that a typical Western diet increases growth of specific bacteria in the gut called “polyketide synthase (pks+) E. Coli” that produce a chemical called colibactin, which causes DNA mutations that can turn normal colon cells...
