by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 18, 2023 | Heart Health
An analysis of three large studies of people taking statins found that a blood test for inflammation levels was better than tests of cholesterol levels for predicting future heart attacks (Lancet, March 06, 2023). More than 30,000 participants in the PROMINENT,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 17, 2022 | Heart Health
A study of supplements that claim to lower cholesterol followed 199 patients at the Cleveland Clinic for 28 days. Participants were given either a supplement (fish oil pills, red yeast rice, cinnamon, garlic, turmeric or plant sterols), a statin drug (rosuvastatin,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 24, 2022 | Heart Health
A respected group of researchers found that after a patient had a heart attack, taking one pill containing three heart drugs was more effective than taking similar prescribed drugs in separate pills during three years of follow-up (New Engl J of Med, August 26, 2022)....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 24, 2022 | Fitness
A study from Japan found that exercising in the late afternoon (4-6 PM) helps to control blood sugar, cholesterol and triglyceride levels better than exercising in the morning (9-11 AM) (Front Endocrinol, July 19, 2022). Twelve healthy young men walked on a treadmill...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 8, 2022 | Nutrition
Researchers followed 27,078 Finnish men for 31 years and found that the more dietary cholesterol and eggs a person ate, the greater the premature total death rate and death from heart attacks (Circulation, April 1, 2022;145). They reviewed 41 other prospective studies...
