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...
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...
