by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 23, 2017 | Heart Health
Two breakthrough studies have given the best explanation yet of how exercise helps to prevent heart attacks. Competitive older endurance athletes may have more plaques in their arteries than non-exercisers, but they have the type of plaques that are far less likely to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 15, 2017 | Diabetes
Researchers followed 63,257 Chinese adults aged 45–74 for an average of 10.9 years and found that eating red meat was associated with increased risk for developing diabetes. The authors suggest that it may be the iron in meat that could cause diabetes (American...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 8, 2017 | Diabetes
A just-published study shows that drinking either sugared or artificially-sweetened drinks is associated with increased risk for diabetes (Am J Clin Nutr, Jun 28, 2017). Of 64,850 post-menopausal women followed for 8.4 years, 4675 developed diabetes. Women who drank...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 2, 2017 | Heart Health
People who take red yeast rice pills to lower their cholesterol levels may not be getting their expected protection against suffering a heart attack. North Americans spend an estimated 40 million dollars a year on these pills. Harvard professor Pieter Cohen tested 28...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 18, 2017 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A seven-year study of 992 patients with colon cancer that had already spread to their bellies had a 42 percent reduction in death rate and a 31 percent reduction in recurrence of their cancer when they: • avoided overweight • exercised regularly (one hour of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 18, 2017 | Joints & Bones
People who run or walk regularly have healthier and stronger spinal discs than non-exercisers do (Scientific Reports 7, April 19, 2017). This is very reassuring because some doctors tell patients with back pain not to run because they think that the jarring of the...
