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...
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,...
