by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 10, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
More than 80 million CT scans are done in the U.S. each year to help diagnose many medical conditions. In 2007, the National Cancer Institute predicted that 29,000 future cancer cases could be linked to the CT scans performed in the U.S. in that year alone, and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 6, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A study from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that repeated bouts of exercise slow the growth of, and help to prevent recurrences of, cancers (eLife, Oct 23, 2020;9). The authors showed, in both mice and humans, that exercising muscles release into the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 20, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The American Cancer Society has just published a strong guideline document for preventing cancer (Ca: a Cancer Journal for Clinicians, June 9, 2020; https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21591). Their recommendations are: • Avoid overweight and avoid weight gain in adult life....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 16, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A review article on alcohol and cancer in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that alcohol at any dose can increase risk for cancer (Jan 7, 2020;323(1):23-24). Compared to non-drinkers, people who take one or two drinks per day for one year are at...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 13, 2019 | Nutrition
Don’t believe the recent headlines suggesting that people can continue to eat their usual amounts of meat without suffering any increase in risk for illness or premature death. These news stories are based on articles in the Annals of Internal Medicine...
