by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 3, 2017 | Men's Health
Several studies show that a high-plant diet such as a Mediterranean diet is associated with reduced risk for the type of prostate cancer than can kill you (The Journal of Urology, Aug 25, 2017) and if you already have prostate cancer, that diet is associated with...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 3, 2017 | Heart Health
In what may be the biggest advance in knowledge about the prevention of heart attacks since the discovery of statins, researchers at Harvard Medical School have shown that blocking inflammation helps to prevent heart attacks (New Engl J of Med, August 27, 2017) and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 3, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
Dick Gregory was the first widely-accepted black American stand-up comedian. He also showed incredible courage in the 1960s civil rights movement. In spite of being arrested and beaten up for being in the front lines of marches against racial prejudice and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 27, 2017 | Women's Health
In 2017, a Los Angeles jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million to a woman who claimed that talcum in J&J’s baby powder caused her ovarian cancer. This is the largest jury award so far in the more than 1,200 lawsuits filed against J&J,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 27, 2017 | Heart Health
The majority of heart attacks are caused by unhealthful lifestyles, not by genetic defects. However, in 2014, the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) published data showing the importance of statins as the major drugs to treat high...
