by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 16, 2018 | Fitness
Two exciting studies show that older men and women who have cycled for many years do not have the markers of aging found in non-exercising people (Aging Cell, March 8, 2018). Their muscle size and strength, amount of body fat, levels of hormones such as testosterone,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 16, 2018 | Heart Health
The evidence is overwhelming that statin drugs do help to lower cholesterol and to reduce risk for heart attacks. However, one study confirms that statins interfere with the ability to exercise and to compete in sports, even in patients who report no symptoms (J Clin...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 16, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Madame Marie Curie was one of the most brilliant and hard-working people who ever lived. She won two Nobel Prizes and helped her husband and daughter each win one. When she died in 1934 at age 66, her death certificate read that she died of pernicious anemia...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 11, 2018 | Other Diseases & Conditions
More than one million North Americans are diagnosed each year with skin cancers. Twenty percent of people have the bacterium called Staphylococcus epidermidis living on their skin. It produces molecules that have been shown to slow or stop the development of skin...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 11, 2018 | Nutrition
I have reported on studies showing that calcium pills do not help to prevent bone fractures. Another well-planned study shows that taking calcium pills, both with and without vitamin D, is associated with increased risk for pre-malignant serrated colon polyps (Gut,...
