by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 14, 2022 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A study of 4,519,243 Canadian adults followed for 12 years found 224,016 cases of new cancers, and the people with newly diagnosed cancers were at increased risk for heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, lung clots, or death from heart disease (J Am Coll Cardiol...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2022 | Joints & Bones
If you have joint pain, you should still keep moving. There is increasing evidence that exercise can help to treat and prevent osteoarthritis of the hips and knees. Low-intensity sessions of walking or cycling offered pain relief after just 2-12 weeks (BMC...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 6, 2022 | Heart Health
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has advised against people aged 60 and older taking aspirin for primary heart attack prevention because of their increased risk for bleeding into the brain or gastrointestinal tract (JAMA, published online April 26,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 15, 2022 | Diabetes
A healthful plant-based diet can help to cure Type II diabetes if you already have it, or help to protect you from developing diabetes in the first place. People who eat the healthful plant-based foods — vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, nuts and other...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 10, 2022 | Joints & Bones
All men and women will develop osteoporosis if they live long enough and the best way to prevent this increased risk for breaking bones may well be a resistance exercise program. A study from Romania found that a resistance training program markedly increased the bone...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 26, 2022 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The standard treatment for chronic constipation is to eat a high fiber, plant-based diet. In 1969, Denis Burkitt showed that lack of fiber in the diet was associated with increased risk for diverticulosis, hemorrhoids and colorectal cancer (Lancet, 1969;294:1229–31),...
