by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 8, 2016 | Heart Health
You are at high risk for a premature death if you can pinch more than three inches in your belly. Even people who are not overweight are at high risk for a heart attack and diabetes if they store most of their fat in the belly instead of in the buttocks, hips and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 1, 2016 | Men's Health
Two recent studies offer an explanation why almost all North American men will develop prostate cancer if they live long enough, while the incidence of prostate cancer in men living in rural China is close to zero. One study shows that high blood sugar and insulin...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 24, 2016 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A study from China shows that antioxidant pills caused mice with liver cancer or colon cancer to have their cancers spread rapidly though their bodies (Science Translational Medicine, Apr 13, 2016:8(334):334ra51). The study used saxagliptin, sitagliptin, and a-lipoic...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 17, 2016 | Joints & Bones
Exciting research from the Medical University of Vienna shows that most cases of osteoarthritis are caused by an overactive immunity, just like rheumatoid arthritis and reactive arthritis (The Journal of Immunology, February 15, 2016;196(4):1910-1921). These...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 10, 2016 | Women's Health
New results from the WHEL (Women’s Healthy Eating and Living) Study show that women who did not eat for at least 13 hours at night (6PM to 7AM) had a 36 percent lower risk of cancer recurrence (JAMA Oncology, published online March 31, 2016). In a seven-year follow up...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 27, 2016 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A review of 170 animal and human studies showed that regular exercise is associated with reduced cancer risk, particularly for the types of cancers that are associated with unhealthful lifestyles, such as those of the breast, colon, prostate, lung and endometrium (J...
