by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 5, 2017 | Other Diseases & Conditions
An exciting new study in yeast contributes to our understanding of the link between cancer cells and sugar (Nature Communications, Oct 13, 2017;8(1):922). Yeast cells, like cancer cells, get most of their energy from fermentation of sugar without needing oxygen. This...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 29, 2017 | Heart Health
“You Can Exercise Yourself to Death, Says New Study” was the headline in The New York Post on October 17, 2017. Headlines like that are likely to discourage people from exercising and thus to shorten their lives. The entire article was a disturbing and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 15, 2017 | Diabetes
People who eat a lot of sugar can develop a liver full of fat that can lead to diabetes (Clin Sci (Lond), 2017 Sep 18). Twelve men with fatty livers who had not been diagnosed as being diabetic and the same number of non-diabetic men with normal livers were fed either...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 7, 2017 | Heart Health
A study surveyed more than 4,000 adults ages 40 to 54 about their breakfast habits and then checked them for heart attack risk factors. The researchers found that people who eat a large percentage of their total daily calories for breakfast have the fewest heart...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 28, 2017 | Other Diseases & Conditions
New research shows that visceral fat (the fat inside your belly and around organs) makes a protein called fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) in much larger amounts than fat underneath your skin does. FGF2 can convert normal cells into cancerous ones (Oncogene, August...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 24, 2017 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Malignant melanomas are skin cancers that can spread rapidly through your body and kill you. Each year in the United States an estimated 77,000 people will develop invasive malignant melanoma; about 47,000 in men and 30,000 in women. For many years we have been told...
