by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 20, 2016 | Other Diseases & Conditions
On December 7, 2015, 91-year-old Jimmy Carter told the world that his recent brain scans showed that he is clear of the melanoma cancer that had spread to his liver and brain. He took the FDA-approved immune-stimulator drug, pembrolizumab (brand name Keytruda). This...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 13, 2016 | Heart Health
Almost anyone can get rid of plaques in their arteries, even if they have already had a heart attack or already have severe narrowing in the arteries leading to your heart (Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, Feb 2016;36(2):226-35). However, you have to do far more than...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 13, 2016 | Men's Health
We have no data to show that testosterone helps to prevent heart attacks in older men. In an effort to find out if taking testosterone could help to prevent heart attacks, doctors gave injections of testosterone to 45 men and placebo to 43 men for 40 weeks (Clin...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 13, 2016 | Women's Health
Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) is a non-invasive cancer in the end ducts of the breast. Each year 64,000 American women are diagnosed with DCIS, amounting to 30 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer. Almost always it shows up as tiny calcium spots on a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 21, 2016 | Heart Health
If you have pain in your chest, jaw, arm, or neck when you exercise, you could have angina, which is pain caused by reduced blood flow through narrowed arteries leading to your heart. You should check with a doctor as soon as possible. Symptoms of angina can also...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 14, 2016 | Men's Health
Heart attacks are the main cause of death in men diagnosed with prostate cancer (Circulation, Feb 4, 2016). More than 230,000 American men are newly diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. Because prostate cancer usually progresses so slowly, the more than three...
