by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 7, 2017 | Heart Health
A study surveyed more than 4,000 adults ages 40 to 54 about their breakfast habits and then checked them for heart attack risk factors. The researchers found that people who eat a large percentage of their total daily calories for breakfast have the fewest heart...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 7, 2017 | Nutrition
The World Cancer Research Fund International Continuous Update Project has released its recent findings from their review of about 400 studies. They found that the risk for colorectal cancer increases by 12 percent for every 100 grams per day of processed meat or red...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 7, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
John von Neumann was one of the most versatile and brilliant mathematicians of all time. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1955 and died a year later after it spread quickly to his bones and brain. He had helped to develop both atomic and hydrogen...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 28, 2017 | Nutrition
A study of 4400 North American men and women, ages 45 to 79, followed for eight years, showed that those who ate fried potatoes two or more times a week were at increased risk for dying during the study period, compared to those who ate fried potatoes occasionally....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 28, 2017 | Other Diseases & Conditions
New research shows that visceral fat (the fat inside your belly and around organs) makes a protein called fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) in much larger amounts than fat underneath your skin does. FGF2 can convert normal cells into cancerous ones (Oncogene, August...
