by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 11, 2017 | Diabetes
Type II diabetes means that a person is diabetic because his cells do not respond to insulin. Recent research shows type II diabetes is linked to gut bacteria that invade the inner lining of the colon, while the dominant bacteria of most non-diabetics do not try to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 4, 2017 | Heart Health
Moderate drinking does not appear to prevent heart attacks. An analysis of 45 studies of relationships between heart attacks and alcohol consumption reports that the studies that associated moderate drinking with reduced heart attack rates are flawed (Journal of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 20, 2017 | Heart Health
Millions of people take over-the-counter NSAID pain medicines when they have a headache, fever, chills, joint pain or various other aches and pains. A new study shows that NSAIDs are associated with increased risk for heart attacks (British Medical Journal, May 9,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 7, 2017 | Women's Health
The majority of women who have burning on urination, frequency and urgency have urinary tract infections, even if their cultures do not grow any germs (Clinical Microbiology and Infection, published online April 28, 2017). In addition to a standard urine culture,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 16, 2017 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Human Papilloma Viruses (HPV) that cause cancers of the mouth and sexual organs are the most common sexually-transmitted diseases in the United States today, infecting 20 percent of people under age 60 (CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, April 6, 2017)....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 16, 2017 | Diabetes
Several studies show that the high blood sugar of diabetes can be caused by excess fat in: • the liver (JAMA, February 14, 2017), • the muscles (J Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, April 2017) and • the pancreas ((Diabetes Care, December 2015). Diabetes...
