by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 11, 2018 | Heart Health
Virtually all doctors agree that stents can save lives if used within three hours of the start of a heart attack. However, there is no good evidence that stents prevent heart attacks in people who have chest pain during exercise. The ORBITA study showed that in...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 4, 2018 | Men's Health
Almost all North American men will develop prostate cancer if they live long enough. However, fewer than five percent of men diagnosed with prostate cancer will die from that disease and the 15-year survival rate is 96 percent. Data from the Health Professionals...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 21, 2018 | Diabetes
A Danish study followed 53,163 people and found that people can reduce risk for developing diabetes by replacing: • red meat with poultry • red meat with fish • processed meat with fish (European J of Nutrition, Sept 17, 2018:1-8). This study lists 29 other studies...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 14, 2018 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Extensive evidence shows that aging is associated with, and partially caused by, the accumulation of “senescent cells” in your body (Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care, 2014;17:324–328). Animal studies have shown that it is possible to extend the lives of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 28, 2018 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Results from the huge EPIC study (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition) confirm that eating a lot of junk food increases risk for many cancers. Researchers in Paris followed 471,495 adults in 10 European countries for an average of 15.3 years,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 16, 2018 | Diabetes
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease occurs when excess fat is stored in your liver. The most common cause of liver disease used to be alcohol, but now it is far more likely to be caused by eating sugar-added foods and drinking anything with sugar in it. Up to 12 percent...
