by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 17, 2017 | Heart Health
Most heart attacks are caused by lifestyle factors, not by genes, and the prevention of heart attacks depends far more on what you do now than what you did earlier in your life. It is an incredible tragedy that many physicians prescribe statin drugs to prevent heart...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 9, 2017 | Other Diseases & Conditions
We have known for many years that having a big belly is associated with increased risk for heart attacks, diabetes, certain cancers, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, disability and premature death. We now also have data that links having a large belly to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 3, 2017 | Men's Health
Several studies show that a high-plant diet such as a Mediterranean diet is associated with reduced risk for the type of prostate cancer than can kill you (The Journal of Urology, Aug 25, 2017) and if you already have prostate cancer, that diet is associated with...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 3, 2017 | Heart Health
In what may be the biggest advance in knowledge about the prevention of heart attacks since the discovery of statins, researchers at Harvard Medical School have shown that blocking inflammation helps to prevent heart attacks (New Engl J of Med, August 27, 2017) and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 27, 2017 | Women's Health
In 2017, a Los Angeles jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million to a woman who claimed that talcum in J&J’s baby powder caused her ovarian cancer. This is the largest jury award so far in the more than 1,200 lawsuits filed against J&J,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 27, 2017 | Heart Health
The majority of heart attacks are caused by unhealthful lifestyles, not by genetic defects. However, in 2014, the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) published data showing the importance of statins as the major drugs to treat high...
