by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 11, 2016 | Other Diseases & Conditions
On September 2, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will ban triclosan and 18 other antibacterial chemicals in soaps and liquid hand or body wash products because they are ineffective and potentially harmful. The banned chemicals are...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 4, 2016 | Joints & Bones
Knee osteoarthritis means that your knee hurts and your doctor does not know the cause. With aging, a person wears away the shock-absorbing cartilage in the knees, which increases risk for pain and swelling. Often people with knee osteoarthritis have perfectly normal...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 21, 2016 | Heart Health
Many studies show that a lifetime of vigorous exercise makes the heart stronger and healthier and does not harm it. However, as I reported earlier, a few studies that got a lot of media attention suggested that chronic intense exercise can damage the heart to cause...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 21, 2016 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A woman's chances of developing cancer of the breast, endometrium, colon and kidney rise by 10 percent for every 10 years that she is overweight (PLOS Medicine, published online Aug. 16, 2016). Being overweight is also associated with many other cancer-risk...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 7, 2016 | Other Diseases & Conditions
More than one in 10 North Americans wil suffer from dementia. Today there is no effective treatment for dementia, but in the last month, several reports have shown that dementia may be delayed and prevented by: • exercising your brain, • exercising your muscles...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 31, 2016 | Diabetes
North America’s epidemic of obesity, diabetes and heart attacks appears to be fueled by: • storing fat in the liver, muscles and around organs, rather than just in fat cells, • excess calories, • sugar added to foods and drinks and • lack of exercise. Where you...
